Who made the first attempt to create a heliocentric model of the Universe?

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Physics
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12th Grade
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Hard
Christopher Juancito
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
Aristarchus of Samos
Nicolaus Copernicus
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In which model of the Universe was the Earth considered spherical and far from the sun?
Tycho Brahe Model
Aristarchus Model
Ptolemy's model
Copernicus's Model
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was hesitant to publish his findings about the heliocentric model due to fear of condemnation?
Aristarchus of Samos
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Copernicus's Model of Universe, where was the sun located?
At the center of the Universe
Orbiting the Earth
At the edge of the Universe
Inside the Earth
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who disproved Aristotle's concept of an unchanging universe by observing a new star in the constellation of Cassiopeia in 1572?
Ptolemy
Tycho Brahe
Aristarchus of Samos
Nicolaus Copernicus
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Johannes Kepler, what shape do planets revolve around the sun in?
Triangles
Ellipses
Circles
Squares
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What law states that the orbit of each planet about the Sun is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the foci of the ellipse?
Law of Harmony
Law of Period
Law of Equal Areas
Law of Ellipse
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