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The Solar System

Question 3 • DRHS GA-GSE Earth Systems

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

Answer
A
Planets closer to the Sun move faster.
B
Planets spin in an epicycle while orbiting Earth.
C
Venus has phases due to its orbiting of the Sun.
D
Earth’s rotation causes the rising and setting of the Sun.
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