One Fundamental Consequence of the Copernican Model Which Many People

question 52

Multiple Choice

One fundamental consequence of the Copernican model which many people had difficulty accepting at the time it was proposed was that the Earth

• A) must be moving through space
• B) was rotating on its axis
• C) must be stationary in space
• D) must be smaller than the Sun

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