Aristotle
What nationality was Copernicus?
Polish
What nationality was he?
German
What nationality was he?
Italian
What does Geocentric mean?
"Earth at the center"
What religion did not like what he had to say? (He was kicked out of this religion)
Christianity or Catholicism
What was his first name? a. Frank b. Johannes c. Sally d. Sergio
b. Johannes
What type of lens did Galileo use in his Galileoscope? a. Concave b. Congruent c. Convex d. Contact
c. Convex
When ancient people couldn't understand what was happening in space, they would blame it on the ______.
Gods
Copernicus best known for Heliocentric. What does it mean?
Sun is the center of the universe
What is Kepler best known for? What did we learn about him?
Elliptical Orbits
How many moons did he discover?
4
Aristotle have used the word 'Cosmos' to describe this
space
What is the name of the book of Copernicus?
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
What does the word 'Ellipse' mean?
‘flattened circle’
What did he stack-up inside his Galileoscope that magnified distant things?
Lenses
Although he was closer to the truth about our galaxy/universe, what error had Copernicus made?
Orbits were perfect circles
Kepler was alive while which other classical astronomer was living?
Galileo
What is the name of the last book Galileo wrote?
A Discourse on Floating Bodies