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When did Galileo build his first telescope?
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1609.
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Who was the first person to telescope the sky?
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Galileo.
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Inertia:
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The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion.
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Mass:
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The quantifiable property of an object that is a measure of its inertia. It is an intrinsic property of an object and independent of location.
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Precession:
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The conical shifting of the axis of a rotating object, also known as wobbling.
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When Galileo observed Venus at its greatest size, Venus' phase was
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Crescent.
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A planet orbits a star in an approximately circular orbit.
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The planet revolves around the center of the star.
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