Galileo Galilei

question 37

Multiple Choice

Galileo Galilei

• A) developed a theory of gravity to explain the motions of the planets
• B) obtained the first observational evidence suggesting the Earth moved about the Sun
• C) showed that the orbits of the planets were ellipses and not circles
• D) made detailed measurements of the motions of the planets in the sky

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