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P.1 The Solar System (flashcards)
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- 1Who invented the geocentric model?Ptolemy
- 2Who invented the heliocentric model?Copernicus
- 3Name three types of waves that telescopes can detectVisible light, radio waves, microwaves
- 4How did Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons support Copernicus' theory?They showed that not everything orbited the Earth
- 5Name one way in which our current model of the Solar System is different to Copernicus' modelThe planets orbit the sun in elliptical orbits rather than circular orbits
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