GK
BIG BANG THEORY
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Question
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Because of the telescope, what 2 things was Galileo able to discover?Choose 2 answers
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4 moons revolving around Jupiter
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2 moons revolving around Saturn
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Mars goes through a series of phases like the moon
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Venus goes through a series of phases like the moon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Galileo turned his gaze toward Venus, the brightest celestial object in the sky-other than the Sun and the Moon. With his observations of the phases of Venus, Galileo was able to figure out that the planet orbits the Sun, not the Earth as was the common belief in his time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Moon. According to Aristotelian principles the Moon was above the sub-lunary sphere and in the heavens, hence should be perfect. Moons of Jupiter. The Phases of Venus. Sunspots. “Appendages” on Saturn. Stars in the Milky Way.
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