Based on His Observations of the Planets, Copernicus Calculated the Relative

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Multiple Choice

Based on his observations of the planets, Copernicus calculated the relative distance of the planets from the Sun using the heliocentric model, and these distances were:

• A) 10 times too large
• B) exactly correct
• C) close to the correct values, with errors less than 0.5 AU
• D) accurate, but not as accurate as Ptolemy's values
• E) two times too small

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