Famous Astronomers

Who was the first astronomer to use his own telescope to make observations of celestial objects?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

The model of the universe with the Sun in the center (currently accepted model) is called the....

• Geocentric model

• Heliocentric model

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How many constellations are there?

• 92
• 80
• 88
• 70

What universal force affects all objects in the universe, and pulls things downward?

• Entropy

• Inertia

• Gravity

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

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

•  Copernicus

What did Ptolemy teach about the solar system?

• the sun was the center

• the moon was the center

• the Earth was the center

What does heliocentric mean?

• Earth is in the center of the universe

• sun is in the center of the universe

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What theory of the Universe did Ptolemy believe in? 

• Geocentric theory

• Heliocentric theory

What theory of the Universe did Copernicus believe in? 

• Heliocentric theory

• Alphamanic theory

• Geocentric theory

What theory of the Universe did Galileo believe in?

• Alphamanic theory

• Geocentric theory

• Heliocentric theory