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Solar System Models
Geocentric and Heliocentric Models
Hipparchus is the first to the | Answer |
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Hipparchus is the first to the theorize the _________ model. | geocentric |
The prefix geo means _____________. | earth |
Orbits of planets are not circles, as Copernicus believed, but stretched out ovals called __________. | ellipses |
The heliocentric system has the ______ as the center of the solar system. | sun |
Who wrote the first book on the sun-centered solar system? | Copernicus |
Who wrote a 13 volume test on how the geocentric system works? | Ptolemy |
What was invented to show how planets appear to move backwards in the geocentric model? | epicycles |
Who witnessed Venus going through phases similar to the moon? | Galileo |
What ancient Greek philosopher first conceived of the heliocentric model? | Aristarchus |
When Galileo saw moons moving around Jupiter, this was evidence that not everything revolves around the _____________. | Earth |