Renaissance Astronomy Chapter 4

The Universe as described in Dante’s Divine Comedy Fig. 4.1 The Universe as described in Dante’s Divine Comedy

Timeline and Notable People and Events (Left) Fig. 4.2 Timeline and Notable People and Events (Left) And Four Most Prominent Renaissance Astronomers (Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, Galileo)

Heliocentric Model (Copernicus) Fig. 4.3 Heliocentric Model (Copernicus)

Retrograde motion according to the heliocentric model Fig. 4.4 Retrograde motion according to the heliocentric model

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Fig. 4.6 Greatest Elongation

Mars’ epicycle in Copernicus’ model Fig. 4.7 Mars’ epicycle in Copernicus’ model

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Fig. 4.9 Tycho Brahe

Fig. 4.10 Parallax of a Star

Brahe’s model of the solar system Fig. 4.11 Brahe’s model of the solar system

Fig. 4.12 Ellipses

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Fig. 4.15 Galileo’s Drawings of the moon

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