Galileo's observations of the moons of Jupiter supported the heliocentric model of planetary motion over the geocentric model because:
A. their orbits were elliptical instead of circular.
B. it showed that epicycles and deferents were not real.
C. no parallax was observed.
D. there could be centers of motion other than Earth.
Answer:D
Galileo's observations of the moons of Jupiter supported the heliocentric model of planetary motion over the geocentric model because:
A. their orbits were elliptical instead of circular. B. it showed that epicycles and deferents were not real. C. no parallax was observed. D. there could be centers of motion other than Earth.