Based on His Observations of the Planets, Copernicus Calculated the Relative

question 36

Multiple Choice

Based on his observations of the planets, Copernicus calculated the relative distance of the planets from the Sun using the heliocentric model.These distances were

• A) 10 times too large.
• B) exactly correct.
• C) close to the correct values, with errors less than 0.5 astronomical unit (AU).
• D) accurate, but not as accurate as Ptolemy's values.
• E) two times too small.

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