A Significant Contribution of Kepler to Our Understanding of the Solar

question 152

Multiple Choice

A significant contribution of Kepler to our understanding of the solar system was the

• A) discovery that Earth orbits the Sun.
• B) discovery that planetary orbits are not circular.
• C) observation of the phases of Venus.
• D) idea of a gravitational force between Earth and the Sun.

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