Models of the Solar System - Page 2

Questions
  • Whose geocentric model of the solar system was accepted for 1,400 years?
  • Whose heliocentric model is seen as the first step in the development of modern models of the solar system?
  • Do any scientist doubt the Copernican cosmology?
  • What were observations that Galileo made through his telescope that supported the heliocentric model?
  • How did Galileo's observations of Jupiter and Venus support Copernicus's model?
  • How can astronomers determine a star's chemical composition?
  • How did variations in the orbit of Uranus help scientists discover Neptune?
  • How d scientist find the composition of starts by looking at them?
  • Which philosophers are associated with the heliocentric model?
  • What can scientists learn by studying comets?
  • When did astronomers discover Saturn's rings? How were they discovered?
  • What device could be used to prove the presence of helium in the Sun's atmosphere?
  • Why did greek philosophers/astronomers conclude that heavens were made up of spheres moving at a constant speed?
  • Who first developed the sun-centered model of the solar system in 1543?
  • What were Galileo's contributions to astronomy?
  • What is the nebular theory?
  • What conclusion can you draw about a planet's properties just by knowing how far it is from the sun?