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Astronomy Quiz: Key Figures and Discoveries - Prof. Dwight P. Russell, Quizzes of Astronomy

Baylor University (BU)Astronomy

Prof. Dwight P. Russell

This quiz tests your knowledge of key figures and discoveries in the history of astronomy, including the introduction of the heliocentric model by copernicus, the discovery of elliptical planetary orbits by kepler, the last astronomer to work without a telescope (tycho brahe), the first observation of jupiter's moons by galileo, and the accurate calculation of earth's size by eratosthenes.

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Download Astronomy Quiz: Key Figures and Discoveries - Prof. Dwight P. Russell and more Quizzes Astronomy in PDF only on Docsity! Astronomy Quiz 1. Who introduced the heliocentric model in more modern times? -Copernicus 2. First claimed that planets moved in Elliptical orbits around the sun? -Kepler 3. Last Astronomer without a telescope? Tycho Brache 4. Observed the moons of Jupiter for the first time in history? Galileo 5. Accurately calculated the size of the Earth? Eratosthenes 6. Corpernicus could more accurately dertermine the position of the planets as seen from the Earth than the ancient Greeks using the Almagest? -False

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