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13 Cards in this Set
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the theory that the sun and other planets revolve around the sun
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Potolmy, Geocentric theory
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the planets, including the earth orbit the sun
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Copernicus, Heliocentric theory
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Earth centered theory that the other planets revolve around the sun, and the sun and moon revolve around the Earth
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Tyco Brahe
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__________ furthered Brahe's work:___________ believed that all the planet's revolve around the sun in eliptical orbits
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Johannes Keppler
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first person to use a telescope to observe celestial bodies
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Gallileo Galilei
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In 1687 he explained why planets orbit the sun
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Newton
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group of stones that line up with the summer soltice, (6,000 years ago)
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Nabta
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stones that align with the sunrise during the winter and summer soltice
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Stonhenge
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tracked the positions of planets and the moon
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Babalonians
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could predict eclipses and named over 800 stars
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Ancient Chinese
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(ancient greek astonomer) _____________ explained the phases of the moon and eclipses and argued that the Earth was a sphere
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Aristotle
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(Native American) ___________ buildings were lined with celestial bodies
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Myan
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took over where the greeks left off- many stars have ____________ic names
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Ancient Arabs
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