Astronomers

Confirmed the Heliocentric Model

• Copernicus

• Hubble

• Aristotle

• Braneh

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

First to hypothesize the heliocentric model

• Eratosthenes

• Galileo

• Brahe

• Aristarchus

Accurately measured the elliptical orbit within a matter of degrees

• Kepler

• Newton

• Hubble

• Brahe

Which astronomer is responsible for the elliptical model of the solar system?

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Aristotle

• Kepler

Who created a telescope and studied Jupiter's moons?

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

• Newton

Which 2 (two) of the following astronomers were Greek?

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

• Galileo

• Aristotle

Which astronomer first suggested that the sun is at the center of the solar system?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

• Copernicus

Bonus Question! Which astronomer's bladder exploded?

Which model of the universe has the Earth at the center?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Elliptical

Which model of the solar system is MOST accurate

• Geocentric

• Classical Heliocentric

• Kepler's Elliptical Model

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4