This model was a comprise between the heliocentric and geocentric models

Who proposed the pyrocentric model of the universe?

The closest point to the sun in a planet's orbit is called the ___________.

The following are Galileo's astronomical observations, which supported the Copernican theory except _________.

How many spheres were used by Eudoxus to model the universe?

It is a circle on which a planet moves

According to Aristotle, the terrestrial realm was composed of all the given primordial elements except.

Most of the time, planets move from west to east as predicted. But occasionally, they backtrack for a while; that is, they move westward before resuming their eastward motion. This patter is called ________________.

This was thought to have been an observatory used to predict solar and lunar eclipses. It was constructed so that in the summer solstice, the sun would rise above one of the main stones.

This law states that the squares of the periods of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.

He proposed the first heliocentric model of the universe by considering Philolaus's "central fire" as the center of the cosmos.