One of the Major Contributions of Galileo to the Development

question 90

Multiple Choice

One of the major contributions of Galileo to the development of modern astronomy was to

• A) discover the satellites (moons)of Jupiter.
• B) prove that planetary orbits were ellipses.
• C) use parallax to prove that Earth moved around the Sun.
• D) develop the first mathematical heliocentric model of the solar system.

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