ASTR 102 Study Guide - Deferent And Epicycle, Areal Velocity, Heliocentrism
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Astr 102 review question sheet - chapter 3. These practice problems are designed to complement the lectures and textbook readings, and solidify your understanding of the concepts presented in this class. It will benefit you to think about the questions thoroughly, so make your best effort to solve them before checking your solutions. After adding epicycles to the model, the retrograde motion was (somewhat) explained. However, his model fell out of favor when copernicus, brahe and kepler came up with a better heliocentric (sun centered) model for the solar system: during the dark ages, a time when scientific thinking was rapidly regressing in. Europe, where did the majority of scientific advancement take place: the americas, australia, the middle east, middle earth. Baghdad, in what is now iraq, became a centre of scientific achievement. They worked on developing the theories of the greeks, and translating and preserving their texts: what was nicholas copernicus" most notable contribution to modern day.
