People Flashcards
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Aristotle
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one of the most famous philosophers of all time
argued for a spherical shape to the earth
argued for a geocentric model of the universe
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Aristarchus
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first known person to propose the heliocentric model
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Ptolemy
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Greek astronomer
created a catalogue of 48 constellations
followed a geocentric model
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Copernicus
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resurrected the idea of a sun-centered model in the Middle Ages
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Kepler
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discovered the three laws of planetary motion
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Galileo
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one of the first to use a telescope
discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter