Early Astronomers

Which astronomers believed in a geocentric (Earth-centered) model of the universe?

• Aristotle & Copernicus

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Aristotle & Ptolemy

• Galileo & Ptolemy

Which astronomers believed in a Heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the universe?

• Aristotle & Ptolemy

• Copernicus & Galileo

• Aristotle & Galileo

• Ptolemy & Hubble

Which model of the universe does this picture represent?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

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Who invented the first telescope capable of looking into space?

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that all planets orbited and revolved around the sun.

• True

• False

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This early astronomer was the first to propose that the sun, and not the Earth, was the center of the universe.

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

Astronomer who first used a telescope to observe the heavens. Saw Jupiter's moons and the phases of Venus, which supported heliocentric model.

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

A Polish astronomer, first proposed that Earth and the other planets move around the sun is named?

• Einstein

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

First female professional astronomer in the US and was the first American and the second woman to discover a comet

• Henrietta Swan Leavitt

• Maria Mitchell

• Annie Jump Cannon

• Caroline Herschel

Copernicus believed...

• geocentric model

• heliocentric model