Astronomy

Copernicus introduced a theory in which

• there is more than one universe (multi-universal).

• our solar system revolves around the sun (Heliocentric).

• there are 3 Laws of Motion.

• our solar system revolves around the Earth (Geocentric).

This astronomer thought that mars revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits, and that the sun is not in the exact center of the orbit:

• Kepler
• Brahe
• Galileo
• Newton

What theory of the Universe did Ptolemy believe in? 

• Geocentric theory
• Vergocentric theory
• Heliocentric theory
• Alphamanic theory

____ was an American astronomer with a large space telescope named after him and that proved that other galaxies existed.

• Hubble
• Ptolemy
• Newton
• Galileo

A philosopher that proved the Earth is a sphere & thought the universe was made of 4 elements.

• William Herschel
• Isaac Newton
• Aristotle
• Nicolaus Copernicus

His model of the Earth-centered universe was the cornerstone of astronomy for 1,500 years and he was the first person to use longitude and latitude lines.

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

Began a new era of astronomy when he concluded that the Sun was the center of the universe after most people believed in the Ptolemaic model?

• Aristotle
• Isaac Newton
• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus

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

• Giovanni Cassini
• Tycho Brahe
• Hipparchus
• Isaac Newton

Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter and sunspots on the sun?

• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• William Herschel
• Claudius Ptolemy

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

• Isaac Newton
• Charles Messier
• Tycho Brahe
• Hipparchus