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ANITCIPATION GUIDE: Origins of Astronomy
BEFORE READING: Number a sheet of notebook paper 1-12. In the space to the left of the number on your notebook
paper, place a check mark (√) if you agree or think the statement is true.
DURING or AFTER READING: Add new check marks or cross through those about which you have changed your mind.
Keep in mind that this is not like the traditional “worksheet.” You may have to put your thinking caps on and “read
between the lines.” Use the space to the right of each number on your notebook paper to note the page, column,
paragraph(s), and sentences where you are finding information to support your thinking.
____1. Greek philosophers used religion and astrology to understand the mysteries of the universe.
____2. Most Greek philosophers believed in a geocentric Universe.
____3. Pythagoras believed that the underlying rules to understanding the Universe were mathematical.
____4. Eudoxus of Cnidus (408–355 BCE), a student of Plato’s, applied the principle of heliocentric motion to produce a
mathematical description of the motions of the Universe.
____5. Ptolemy based his model on theories first developed by Plato, who believed each celestial body traveled around a
small circle that followed a larger circle around Earth.
____6.
The most important idea in De Revolutionibus was placing the Sun at the center of the Universe.
____7.
In the Copernican system, Earth moves slower along its orbit than the planets that lie farther from the Sun.
____8.
Kepler discovered that planets do not move at uniform speeds along their elliptical orbits.
____9.
Spheres are an essential part of Kepler’s three fundamental rules of planetary motion.
____10.
Galileo’s discovery of Saturn’s moons proved that Earth, too, could move and still keep its satellite.
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The Inquisition condemned Galileo for heresy in 1616.
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Though their contributions to astronomy were different, Galileo and Copernicus were astronomers during the
same time period.