One of the "Nails in the Coffin" for Earth-Centered Universe

question 48

Multiple Choice

One of the "nails in the coffin" for Earth-centered universe was

• A)the retrograde motion of the planets.
• B)the phases of the Moon.
• C)eclipses of the Sun.
• D)Galileo's observation of stars in the Milky Way.
• E)Galileo's observations of the moons of Jupiter.

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