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picture of Io - a moon of Jupiter discovered by Galileo

Life of Galileo

picture of Callisto - a moon of Jupiter discovered by Galileo
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Callisto - Moon of Jupiter

1) Galileo discovered the parabolic path of ...

the planets
projectiles
the Moon


2) Did Galileo believe that the the Sun is the centre of the universe, not the Earth?

Yes
No


3) Galileo independently discovered sunspots.

True
False


4) Galileo discovered that Mercury had phases, just like the Moon.

Correct
Incorrect


5) Galileo believed that sunspots are on or near the Sun's surface, not moons in orbit of the Sun.

Correct
Incorrect


6) Who discovered Venus had phases?

Kepler
Copernicus
Galileo


7) To keep the fact that Galileo discovered Saturns (then not understood as rings), he coded the discovery in a/n ...

anagram
telegram


8) In which sunspot letter did Galileo mention that Saturn appeared without its strange shape / handles.

the first sunspot letter
the second sunspot letter
the third sunspot letter


9) Galileo made money selling ...

telescopes
his balances
a compass / sector
pendulums


10) Galileo disagreed with ... that the speed of a heavy falling object is not proportional to its weight.

Kepler
Aristotle



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