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First Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eccentric Orbits with Equant | Ptolemy |
| Epicycles and Eccentrics | Ptolemy |
| Ptolemy's observations were standard for how long? | 1,500 years |
| Perfect Celestial Spheres? | Aristotle |
| Violent Motion? | Aristotle |
| Copernicus model? | Heliocentric |
| What was used against Copernicus? | Parallax |
| Galileo used what for observations? | Telescope |
| How did Copernicus explain Retrograde? | 2 planets moving 2 different speeds |
| Indirect Vs. Direct observations (Galileo) | Indirect: celestial spheres aren't perfect, Craters on the Moon, Rings/Ears of Saturn, Earth Leaves the Moon Behind Direct: Phases of Venus |
| Inclined Plane | Galileo's attempt to measure free fall. Used bells and a pendulum on the incline to time the rate of acceleration. Found that there is a constant rate of acceleration no matter what the mass is. The speed at bottom is same no matter angle |
| Inertia | Galileo - Proved by dropping ball down two angled ramps, ball returns to the same height no matter the distance. Just takes longer. Relates to earths rotation. |