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The Solar System

Question 140895 of 7 • 2001310 Earth Science Sem 1 - Pearson

Choose the correct answer to complete the paragraph about the acceptance of the heliocentric model.

Answer
In the second century BCE, the Greek astronomer Ptolemy tried to explain the backward movement of the planets by using a solar system model that included:

epicycles

uring the Renaissance, Nicholas:

Copernicus

un was explained by the movement of the:

Earth