The Solar System Answers

Which two gaseous giants did Renaissance scientists such as Galileo know about?

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Why was Copernicus’s heliocentric model not believed until Galileo and Kepler provided more evidence?

How did Kepler describe the planets’ orbits?

What do comets and asteroids have in common?

How did Kepler’s discoveries contribute to astronomy?

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Why was it difficult for people to accept a heliocentric concept of the solar system?

Which event took place during the Copernican revolution, when most people started to believe in a heliocentric model of the solar system?

Which idea did Ptolemy’s model use to explain why the planets appeared to move backward as they moved in their orbits?

Which idea did Ptolemy’s model use to explain why the planets appeared to move backward as they moved in their orbits?

How did Kepler describe the planets’ orbits?

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Which idea was supported by Aristarchus, Copernicus, and Galileo?

Which idea was supported by Aristarchus, Copernicus, and Galileo?

Which describes one way that Aristarchus's explanation of the movement of objects in the sky was different from other scientists' earlier explanations?

Which two gaseous giants did Renaissance scientists such as Galileo know about?

In addition to proposing that planetary orbits are elliptical, what other modification did Kepler make to Copernicus’s model?

Which correctly lists three scientists who supported the heliocentric model of the solar system?

Which describes one way that Aristarchus's explanation of the movement of objects in the sky was different from other scientists' earlier explanations?

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