In Which One or More of the Following Is the Earth

question 1

Multiple Choice

In which one or more of the following is the earth assumed to be the center of the universe?

• A) the Ptolemaic system.
• B) the Copernican system.
• C) Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
• D) Newton's law of gravity.

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