GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Whose heliocentric model is seen as the first step in the development of the modern models of the solar system?
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Galileo
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Copernicus
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Ptolemy
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Kepler
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The astronomer given the credit for presenting the first version of our modern view of the Solar System is Nicolaus Copernicus, who was an advocate for the heliocentric, or Sun-centered model of the solar system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Proving the Heliocentric Theory First, he observed that Jupiter had moons that orbited it, which should not be possible under the geocentric theory where everything orbits the Earth. Secondly, through observations of its phases, he was able to show that Venus did, in fact, orbit the Sun instead of the Earth.
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