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Empedocles

He claims that there are four elements.

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Earth

Water

Fire

Air

Four elements.

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Aether

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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