Historic Models of the Solar System?

Question 1

The laws of ellipses and the mathematics he developed to describe orbits are still used today.

Accepted Answer

Kepler

Question 2

The telescope was used by whom?

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 3

Whose model postulated that the Sun and planets revolved around a stationary Earth?

Accepted Answer

Aristole

Question 4

An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations is called?

Accepted Answer

Parallax

Question 5

The first astronomer to propose ellipses instead of circular orbits.

Accepted Answer

Kepler

Question 6

Which describes a force of attraction between two objects that results from their masses?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Question 7

The Law of Universal Gravitation was developed by:

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 8

Which person did not produce a model of the Solar System?

Accepted Answer

Bohr

Question 9

Aristotle and Ptolemy both agreed:

Accepted Answer

Sun orbited the Earth

Question 10

Which of these models of the universe did Copernicus’s system support?

Accepted Answer

Earth revolved around the sun.

Question 11

His legacy to the world of astronomy was his years of recorded observations.

Accepted Answer

Brahe

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