GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

THE UNIVERSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Galileo Galilei agreed with Copernicus.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Eventually, Galileo came to the same conclusion as Copernicus: the sun, not Earth, was at the center of the universe. In 1632, Galileo published a book in support of the heliocentric theory . Copernicus had previously written in support of the heliocentric theory, but he had been moderate in his claims.

Detailed explanation-2: -The discoveries that Galileo made using his telescopes helped to prove that Sun was the centre of the Solar System and not the Earth. His observations strongly supported a Sun-centred model known as the Heliocentric model, previously suggested by astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Galileo knew about and had accepted Copernicus’s heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory. It was Galileo’s observations of Venus that proved the theory.

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