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    Timeline: 1 Century AD 1543 AD 17th Century AD 1610 AD

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    1. The document outlines major developments in astronomical theories from the 4th century BC to the 17th century AD, including Aristotle and Ptolemy's geocentric models, Copernicus proposing a heliocentric model in the 15th century, Kepler determining elliptical orbits in the late 16th-early 17th century, and Galileo providing evidence supporting Copernicus and Kepler using telescope observations in the early 17th century.

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    Timeline

    1st century AD 1543 AD 17th century AD 1610 AD

    4th century BC 15th century AD 1571-1630 AD 1609 AD


    4 Century B.C.
    th

    • The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, proposed that


    Earth was fixed at the centre of the universe.
    The sun, moon, stars and planets all rotated
    around Earth.
    1st Century A.D.
    • The astronomer Ptolemy improved on Aristotle’s
    theory. He traced the paths of the planets, which
    didn’t move randomly at all. He could predict
    their paths and changing velocities.
    15 Century A.D.
    th

    • Nicholas Copernicus discovered that the sun,


    not the Earth, was in the centre of the universe.
    He figured out that the planet Mercury was the
    closest to the sun, and that Saturn fell on the
    outside edge. He was also the first to put
    forward that Earth was rotating around an axis,
    and spun completely around every twenty-four
    hours.
    1543 A.D.
    • Copernicus finally published his theory when he
    was on his deathbed.
    1571-1630 A.D.
    • Johannes Kepler convinced the world that the
    sun had to be in the centre of the universe. He
    figured out that the planets do not orbit the sun
    in perfect circles, but in elliptical patterns. He
    also found that as planets approached the sun,
    they travel faster, and as they get further from
    the sun, they slow down. However, he could not
    figure out why this happened.
    17th century A.D.
    • Galileo proved that Copernicus and Kepler’s
    theories were correct. He proved this using a
    telescope.
    1609 AD
    • Galileo improved on the design of the telescope by
    creating one that could magnify things to 30 times
    their size. He saw that Venus went through phases,
    just like the moon, and therefore proved that the
    Earth and planets revolved around the sun.
    1610 A.D.
    • Galileo published a book called The Starry
    Messenger which recorded his observations.

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