Earth Science-Ch. 22 Sec. 1 Astronomers

A philosopher that proved the Earth is a sphere & thought it was at the center of the universe.

• William Herschel
• Isaac Newton
• Aristotle
• Nicolaus Copernicus

His model of the Earth-centered universe was the cornerstone of astronomy for 1,500 years

• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Charles Messier
• Galileo Galilei

Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter

• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• William Herschel
• Claudius Ptolemy

Built an observatory and made the most accurate astronomical observations for more than 20 yrs.

• Giovanni Cassini
• Tycho Brahe
• Hipparchus
• Isaac Newton

Began a new era of astronomy when he concluded that the Sun was the center of the universe

• Aristotle
• Isaac Newton
• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus

He showed the laws governing astronomical bodies were the same laws governing motion on Earth

• Isaac Newton
• Charles Messier
• Tycho Brahe
• Hipparchus

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

• Sun
• Comet 
• Jupiter
• Earth

  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

This person believed that planets move on small circles that move on larger circles

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Aristotle

This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory 

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo