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How did Kepler’s discoveries contribute to astronomy?

They supported the heliocentric model.

They established the laws of planetary motion.

They explained how the Sun rises and sets.

They made astronomy accessible to people who spoke Italian.

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

The model had the moon orbiting Earth.

The model was against religious teachings.

The model could not explain retrograde motion.

The model did not include all eight planets in the solar system.

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

Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus

Copernicus, Ptolemy, Kepler

Galileo, Kepler, Aristotle

Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus

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