The Initial Reason That the Geocentric Model for the Solar

question 5

Multiple Choice

The initial reason that the geocentric model for the solar system began to be discarded after the fifteenth century a.d.was that:

• A) observations by spacecraft proved that all planets orbit the Sun.
• B) the invention of the telescope provided observations that were in better agreement with a heliocentric model.
• C) Isaac Newton was able to derive all planetary motion from one universal law of gravity.
• D) the heliocentric model is conceptually simpler.

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