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Who developed the first telescope in 1608?

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Lippershey

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What did Kepler develop?

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The laws of planetary motion

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What model of the solar system is Earth-centered?

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Geocentric Solar System

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Who is considered the founder of modern astronomy?

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Copernicus

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Which astronomers believed in a geocentric model of the universe?

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Aristotle & Ptolemy

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What is the heliocentric theory?

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The theory that the Sun is at the center of the universe.

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Who proposed the geocentric model of the universe?

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Ptolemy

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What is spectroscopy?

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A technique used to measure the spectrum of light from celestial objects.

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What did Galileo contribute to astronomy?

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He improved the telescope and made significant astronomical observations.

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What are Kepler's laws of planetary motion?

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Three laws describing the motion of planets around the Sun.