Heliocentric
What is Heliocentric?
Having or relating to the sun as the center.
What was one thing that Kepler did?
He said that the planets move in oval paths.
Ptolemy's theory.
Did Galileo go to Jail?
Yes! Until he died in 1642
What did Kepler make?
He made the Kepler space Telescope.
True or False?
Copernicus stated that planets move in ellipses
FALSE! That was Kepler.
What was one thing the Galileo did?
He developed a telescope that allowed him to find evidence that supported the heliocentric view.
What is an ellipse?
Shapes like stretched circles, ovals
What did Copernicus believe?
He believed that the earth and other planets moved around the sun.
Did Galileo correct anybody? If so who did he correct and why?
He did not correct anybody. Kepler corrected him.