Multiple Choice
The purpose of using epicycles and deferents to explain the motion of the planets in the night sky was to account for
A) prograde motion.
B) Mercury and Venus' limited angular distance from the Sun.
C) retrograde motion.
D) non-uniform speed of the planets in their orbits.
E) precession of the equinoxes.
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q16: Galileo used a telescope to discover<br>A) spots
Q18: Direct motion of a planet is its
Q28: The book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium"<br>A)describes how
Q39: The greatest inaccuracy in Copernicus' model of
Q40: Many classical astronomers believed Earth could not
Q41: Kepler's 2<sup>nd</sup> of planetary motion states that
Q43: Saturn is on average 10 AU from
Q44: Newgrange contains an alignment that indicates the
Q46: A _ is a commonly accepted set
Q48: Which of these were things ancient Greek