Which of the following challenged the traditional belief that the orbits of the planets were spherical,showing that the five known planets moved around the sun in elliptical paths?
A) René Descartes
B) Galileo Galilei
C) Johannes Kepler
D) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Johannes Kepler challenged the traditional belief that the orbits of the planets were spherical and showed that the five known planets moved around the sun in elliptical paths. René Descartes was a philosopher and mathematician who worked on analytical geometry, but did not specifically challenge the spherical orbit theory. Galileo Galilei made important astronomical observations, but did not discover the elliptical orbits. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was a microbiologist who discovered microscopic organisms.

Which of the Following Challenged the Traditional Belief That the Orbits