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Aristotle believed that the Sun was the center of the universe. Aristotle believed that the Moon was the center of the universe. Aristotle believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
2) Pick the correct statement:
Christiaan Huygens wrote Treatise on Light. Christiaan Huygens wrote Treatise on Sunlight. Christiaan Huygens wrote Treatise on Moonlight.
3) Percival Lowell thought that Mars was inhabited and its irrigation canals could be seen from Earth.
True False
4) Did Cassini discover the gap in Jupiter's rings: Cassini's division?
Yes No
5) According to Copernicus, the order of the planets were: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Correct Incorrect
6) Pick the correct statement:
Gerard Peter Kuiper predicted that Saturns rings are made of particles of small rocks. Gerard Peter Kuiper predicted that Saturns rings are made of particles of ice.
7) Johann Encke accurately calculated the distance between the Sun and the Earth. Encke used transits of Mars (across the Sun) to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
8) Who published Epitome of Copernican Astronomy ?
Nicolaus Copernicus Christiaan Huygens Kepler
9) Who predicted the existence of the planet Pluto?
Percival Lowell Christiaan Huygens Gerard Peter Kuiper
10) Gian Domenico Cassini discovered four of Saturn's moons.
