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Astronomy - Chapter 1: Ancient Astronomy
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Total cards: 6•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
Where was the golden age of early astronomy centered?
Back (Answer)
Greece
#2
Front (Question)
What view showed a fallacy of early astronomy?
Back (Answer)
Geocentric view
#3
Front (Question)
Why did Aristotle conclude that the Earth was spherical?
Back (Answer)
It casts a curved shadow on the moon
#4
Front (Question)
Who was the first Greek to profess a heliocentric view?
Back (Answer)
Aristarchus
#5
Front (Question)
What geocentric view became most famous during the Middle (?) Ages
Back (Answer)
Ptolemaic system
#6
Front (Question)
Periodically each planet appears to stop, reverse direction, and then resume an eastward motion. This was called ____
Back (Answer)
retrograde motion