Multiple Choice
One of the major contributions of Galileo to the development of modern astronomy was to
A) discover the satellites (moons) of Jupiter.
B) prove that planetary orbits were ellipses.
C) use parallax to prove that Earth moved around the Sun.
D) develop the first mathematical heliocentric model of the solar system.
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