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About ancient astronomers
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1
Copernicus created a model of the universe that placed the sun where?
Center of the Universe
Revolving around Earth
After Jupiter
Next to Earth
2
Tycho Brahe believed what about the sun?
It revolved around the moon
That it was the center of the universe
It wasn't a star
It revolved around the earth
3
Ptolemy created the Handy Tables. What did it predictions did it help with?
Sun
Moon and planets
All of the above
Eclipses
4
Johannes Kepler helped which astronomer?
Galileo Galilei
Steven Hawking
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
5
Tycho Brahe confirmed ___ were not atmospheric phenomena.
Comets
Stars
Meteors
Planets
6
Ptolemy's model of the stars was what?
Solarcentric
Geocentric
Astrocentric
Lunarcentric
7
Who's book triggered a revolution and was considered a major event in the history of science?
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Johannes Kepler was best known for what?
Having a cool belt
Space
Laws of Planetary Motion
Laws of Physics
9
Who is known as the "father of modern observational astronomy"?
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Father
Nicolaus Copernicus
10
Galileo's telescope improved from 3x magnification to __x magnification.
100
25
50
30
