Multiple Choice
A significant contribution of Kepler to our understanding of the solar system was the
A) discovery that Earth orbits the Sun.
B) discovery that planetary orbits are not circular.
C) observation of the phases of Venus.
D) idea of a gravitational force between Earth and the Sun.
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