Scientific Revolution Figures and Discoveries

Who is credited with propounding the heliocentric system that the planets move around the sun?

Which astronomer provided precise astronomical measurements that helped overthrow the Ptolemaic system?

Who confirmed the heliocentric system by constructing his telescope in 1609?

In what year did Galileo begin confirming the heliocentric system using his telescope?

What evidence did Galileo Galilei provide that supported the heliocentric system?

What is the oval pattern in which planets actually travel around the sun called?

What key realization did Galileo Galilei make about the source of light observed from planets?

Isaac Newton made a significant contribution to science during the Era of Newton by formulating:

Who was a medical doctor known for illustrating the details of the human body accurately?

Which scientist based their view of the universe on the study of the earth, sun, planets, and stars, and believed Ptolemy's view was wrong?

Which astronomer made detailed observations of the planets and deduced their basic orbits around the sun?

Who placed the sun at the center of the universe, believing that planets, including Earth, orbited around it?