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| Used Brahe's observations to get mathematical relation between orbital distance and period of each planet around Sun |
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book, Pricipia,
gravity of sun holds solar system together |
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telescope pioneer
4 moons of jupiter
phases of venus
supported heliocentric model |
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| saturn's rings made of particles |
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| saturn has flat rings. wrong |
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space fabric
mass curves nearby space
predicted bending of starlight |
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