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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WAS TRIED BY THE COTHOLIC INQUISTION FOR PROMOTING THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY, AMONG OTHER REASONS | GALILEO |
| POLISH ASTRONOMER WHO FORMULATED THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY | COPERNICUS |
| DANISH NOBLEMAM CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVERS | TYCHO |
| PROVED MATHEMATICALLY THAT THE ORBIS OF THE PLANETS ARE ELLIPTICAL | KEPLER |
| PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN MODIFYING AND IMPROVING GHE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY THROUGH HIS CAREFUL STUDIES OF TYCHO'S OBSERVATIONS | KEPLER |
| FIRST TO SEE THE RINGS OF SATURN | GALILEO |
| WROTE A BOOK CALLED NEW ASTRONOMY | KEPLER |
| AUTHOR OF THE REVOLUTIONS | COPERNICUS |
| ENGLISH SCIENTIST WHO FORMULATED THE LAW OF GRAVITY | NEWTON |
| FRENCH PHYSICIST WHO CONSTRUCTED A PENDULUM THAT HELPED TO PROVE THAT THE EARTH ROTATES | FOUCAULT |
| ITALIAN PHILOSOPHER WHO CLAIMED HE COULD HARMONIZE THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND THINKING OF ANCIENT PAGANS WITH cHRISTIANITY | AQUINAS |
| FIRST TO SEE JUPITER'S LARGEEST MOONS | GALILEO |
| GERMAN ASTROMER WHO FORMULATED THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION | KEPLER |
| ACCORDING TO TRADITION, WAS INSPIRED BY AN APPLE FALLING FROM A TREE | NEWTON |
| HUNG A 67M LONG PENDULUM INSIDE THE PANTHEON | FOUCAULT |
| GREEK PHILOSOPHER AND ASTRONOMER WHO LIVED IN THE SECOND CENTURY AD AND ATTEMPTED TO IMPROVE THE EARTH-CENTERED THEORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. | PTOLEMY |