Exam 4: Origins of Modern Astronomy

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Galileo's book Dialogo strongly defended the work of which astronomer?

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Whose geocentric model of the Universe dominated astronomy for 2,000 years?

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Ancient astronomers often saw certain planets viewed, while viewed from Earth, slowly stop and then move westward, of which they called this movement _______________.

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Eratosthenes used simple geometry to determine the distance between Alexandria to Syene so that he could calculate Earth's_______________.

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