When the Geocentric Model of the Solar System Did Not

question 71

Multiple Choice

When the geocentric model of the solar system did not match the observed positions of the planets:

• A) Tycho Brahe made measurements of higher accuracy and showed the geocentric model was correct
• B) Ptolemy added epicycles to the geocentric model to match the observed data
• C) Galileo argued that the Sun revolved around the Earth
• D) Kepler was inspired to create the theory of gravity
• E) Copernicus proposed the heliocentric mode

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