When the geocentric model of the solar system did not match the observed positions of the planets:
A) Tycho Brahe made measurements of higher accuracy and showed the geocentric model was correct
B) Ptolemy added epicycles to the geocentric model to match the observed data
C) Galileo argued that the Sun revolved around the Earth
D) Kepler was inspired to create the theory of gravity
E) Copernicus proposed the heliocentric mode
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Q1: Retrograde motion is seen when _ due
Q2: Kepler's third law written as P2 =A3
Q3: Newton's second law says that more massive
Q4: How did Ptolemy "fix" the geocentric system?
A)
Q6: Based on his observations of the planets,
Q8: In the heliocentric system, retrograde motion is
Q9: At the center of the geocentric model
Q10: Planets with circular orbits travel at the
Q11: Even though they move at faster average
Q20: An inferior planet is one that is
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