KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
Question
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Which object is the center of the solar system according to Galileo?
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Earth
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Moon
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Sun
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Neptune
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Galileo’s discoveries about the Moon, Jupiter’s moons, Venus, and sunspots supported the idea that the Sun-not the Earth-was the center of the Universe, as was commonly believed at the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sun is the center of the solar system. What is the Sun? Earth’s Sun may seem different to us, but it is a star like all the other stars located outside the solar system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nicolaus Copernicus proposed his theory that the planets revolved around the sun in the 1500s, when most people believed that Earth was the center of the universe.
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