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Astronomers Foldable review
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Ptolemy 90AD to 168 AD Thought like ancient Greeks that Earth was the center of the Universe- geocentric model
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Copernicus Further developed Aristarchus heliocentric model (sun centered) by making a model of how the planets move around the sun
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Said planets move in perfect circles
Brahe Said planets move in perfect circles
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Used Brahe's observations to find planets orbit in ellipses
Kepler Used Brahe's observations to find planets orbit in ellipses
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Galilleo 1564 to 1642 Used observations (found four moons orbit Jupiter and Venus has similar phases to the moon) to prove heliocentric model
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Newton 1642 to 1727 Confirmed the heliocentric model, proved gravity and inertia work together to keep planets and their moons in motion
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