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Roots of Astronomy
Copernican Revolution
Planetary Motion
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The purpose of the astronomical alignments of Stonehenge are
What is not known, but highly debated
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The book that first described Copernican theory
What is De Revolutionibus Erbium Coelestium
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He introduced the concept of eccentrics and epicycles to planetary motion about Earth; generally credited with the development of trigonometry
Who is HIPPARCHUS
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GALILEO'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE GIBBOUS PHASE OF VENUS PROVED THIS
What is THAT VENUS ORBITS THE SUN
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A COLLECTION OF THE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS OF THE GREEKS
What is THE ALMAGEST
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The primary alignment in Stonehenge is an alignment of the center with the outer "heel" stone toward
What is the summer solstice sunrise point
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The Copernican system was no more accurate than the Ptolemaic system in predicting the positions of the planets because
What is Uniform Circular Motion was still being used in both
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HE DID NOT ACCEPT A HELIOCENTRIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE
Who is TYCHO BRAHE
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GALILEO'S TELESCOPIC DISCOVERY OF MOONS ORBITING JUPITER WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWED THIS
What is THE UNIVERSE COULD CONTAIN CENTERS OF MOTION OTHER THAN EARTH AND THE EARTH MIGHT MOVE ALONG AN ORBIT AND NOT LEAVE THE MOON BEHIND
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A COMMONLY ACCEPTED SET OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS AND ASSUMPTIONS
What is PARADIGM
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In pre-Copernican astronomy it was almost universally believed
What is the Earth was at the center of the universe
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The greatest inaccuracy in Copernicus' model of the solar system was that the planets
What is traveled in circular orbits with uniform motion
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BRAHE'S UNIVERSE WAS THE SAME AS THE COPERNICAN UNIVERSE EXCEPT
What is EARTH DID NOT MOVE
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GALILEO USED A TELESCOPE TO DISCOVER
What is SPOTS ON THE SUN, CRATERS ON THE MOON, MOONS AROUND JUPITER
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A SINGLE CONJECTURE THAT CAN BE TESTED
What is HYPOTHESIS
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Aristotle concluded the Earth is round because
What is its shadow on the moon during an eclipse was always part of a circle and ships going out to sea on a calm day appeared to sink into the ocean
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The person who showed how retrograde motion could be explained without epicycles if the planets all orbited the Earth
Who is Copernicus
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JOHANNE KEPLER'S FINAL BOOK WHICH WAS NOT BASED ON UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION
What is THE RUDOLPHINE TABLES
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IN 1633 GALILEO WAS CONDEMNED BY THE INQUISITION FOR THIS
What is TEACHING COPERNICANISM
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THE FIRST PERSON TO PROPOSE THE EARTH WENT AROUND THE SUN
What is ARISTARCHUS
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Eratosthenes measured the size of this
What is The Earth
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Copernicus belief that the Earth revolved around the sun
What is Heliocentric Universe
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DIRECT MOTION OF A PLANET IS ITS NORMAL MOTION __________________________________AMONG THE STARS
What is WEST TO EAST ALONG THE ECLIPTIC
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THE DEATH OF GALILEO MARKS THIS
What is THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE DEPENDENT ON EVIDENCE TO TEST THEORIES
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KEPLER USED TYCHO'S OBSERVATIONS TO SHOW THAT THE PLANETS DID THIS
What is FOLLOWED ELLIPTICAL ORBITS