Aristotle argues that the stars and planets are made of a fifth element called?
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Eudoxus
He proposes that the planets are housed inside of transparent, rotating spheres.
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Heraclides
He asserts that the Earth spins but the sky remains still.
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Thomas Aquinas
an Italian Catholic priest, starts imparting the ideas of Aristotle.
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Tycho Brahe
He calculated that the Great Comet is farther away from Earth than the moon.
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**The Geocentric Model**
The Earth does not move, the planets, stars, sun and moon revolve around it.
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Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
In his writing, Aristotle explained force.
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1687
In his *Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, Isaac Newton explains force.
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Macedonia
Where did Aristotle came from?
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physical laws
Aristotle believed that the universe was governed by _____.
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lunar eclipse
Observing Earth's shadow on the moon's surface during a ______ convinced him that Earth was a sphere.
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Earth
He came to the conclusion that the universe revolved eternally around a spherical ______ that remained still in space.
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Friction
______ occurred at the top of the atmosphere between the atmospheric gases and the rotating sky above.
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Volcanic gas
_____ emissions rose to the top of the atmosphere on a regular basis.
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Comets
These are formed when ignited by friction
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shooting stars
These are produced when friction is ignited quickly.
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465 BCE
During this time, Empedocles claims that there are four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. Aristotle argues that the stars and planets are made of a fifth element, aether.
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387 BCE
During this time, Eudoxus, a pupil of Plato, proposes that the planets are housed inside of transparent, rotating spheres.
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355 BCE
During this era, Heraclides, a Greek philosopher, asserts that the Earth spins but the sky remains still.
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12th century
During the period, Thomas Aquinas, an Italian Catholic priest, starts imparting the ideas of Aristotle.
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1577
During this year, Tycho Brahe calculated that the Great Comet is farther away from Earth than the moon.
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