CHAPTER 10

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Development in Astronomy
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
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Earth

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Moon
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Sun
Saturn

90 – 168 A.D
1 Earth is at the centre of Solar System.
Ptolemy 2 Earth is stationary, the Sun and planets
Built the geocentric model with Earth at
the centre and circular orbits.
revolve around the Earth.

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Development in Astronomy Jupiter

Mars
Saturn
Mercury Venus
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1473 – 1543
1 The Sun is at the centre of Solar System.
Copernicus 2 Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around
Built heliocentric model with the Sun at the
centre and circular orbits.
the Sun.

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Development in Astronomy

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Mercury Earth
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1571 – 1630

1 Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun

Kepler in elliptical orbits.
Modified heliocentric model with the Sun at a
common focal point on the elliptical orbits of the
planets according to Kepler’s Law.
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Development of Technology and its Application in Space Exploration

Space Telescope
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Sextant Galileo’s
measures the altitude of stars Telescope

Radio telescopes
Hubble space Spitzer space
detect radio waves
telescope telescope
from space

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Remote sensing
probe
Remote sensing technology is used in
various fields: agriculture, geology, Gathers and sends HOME

disaster management, defence. information on distant bodies

in space. Does not orbit Earth BACK

like satellites.
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Satellite Rocket
Sends spaceships,
Gathers information on space weather, remote
satellites, space
sensing, telecommunication, defence.
probes to space.