_________ Hypothesized That Planetary Motions Could Be Explained by a Force

question 39

Multiple Choice

_________ hypothesized that planetary motions could be explained by a force arising from the attraction between the mass of the planet and Sun that decreased with the square of the distance between them.

• A) Johannes Kepler
• B) Isaac Newton
• C) Tycho Brahe
• D) Nicolaus Copernicus
• E) Galileo Galilei

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