1. Renaissance Astronomy
Chapter 4

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

3. 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)

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

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

6. Fig. 4.5

7. Fig. 4.6

8. Fig. 4.6
Greatest Elongation

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

10. Fig. 4.8

11. Fig. 4.9
Tycho Brahe

12. Fig. 4.10
Parallax of a Star

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

14. Fig. 4.12
Ellipses

15. Fig. 4.13

16. Fig. 4.14

17. Fig. 4.15
Galileo’s Drawings
of the moon

18. Fig. 4.16

19. Fig. 4.17