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LAW OF MOTIONS
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GEOCENTRIC
MODEL
- A MODEL OF UNIVERSE WHICH CONSIDER EARTH AS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
HELIOCENTRIC
MODEL
- A MODEL OD THE UNIVERSE WHICH ASSUMES THE SUN AS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
ARISTOTLE
- BELIEVED THE EARTH IS MOTIONLESS AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THE STARS AND PLANETS MOVED IN CIRCULAR PATHS.
JOHANNES
KEPLER
Mathematician
Tycho's assistant.
LAW
OF
ELLIPSES
- THE ORBITS OF THE PLANETS ARE ELLIPTICAL.
LAW
OF
EQUAL
AREAS
- AN IMAGINARY LINE CONNECTING A PLANET AND THE SUN SWEEPS OUT EQUAL AREAS DURING EQUAL TIME INTERVALS.
LAW
OF
PERIODS - SHOWED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SIZE OF A PLANET'S ORBIT RADIUS
ISAAC NEWTON
- EXPLAINED WHY PLANETS ORBIT THE SUN, AND WHY MOON ORBITS THE PLANETS
GALILEO GALILEI
- FIRST PERSON TO USE TELESCOPE FOR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS.
TYCHO BRHAHE
- FAVORED AN EARTH - CENTERED UNIVERSE DIFFERENT FROM PTOLEMY'S THEORY.
PTOLEMY
- PLANETS TRAVELLED IN CIRCULAR PATHS AS THEY TRAVELLED AROUND THE EARTH.
PYTHAGOREANS
- BELIEVED THE STARS, PLANETS, SUN AND THE MOON WERE ATTACHED TO THE CRYSTALLINE SPHERES WHICH ROTATED AROUND THE EARTH.
GEOCENTRIC
- EVERYTHING MOVE AROUND THE EARTH
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