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Period: 100 to
Renaissance
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136
Ptolemy
Thought was in the center; geocentric -
Apr 8, 1514
Copernicus
Disproved ptolemy wrong; Heliocentric solar system -
Apr 8, 1572
Brahe
Sun and earth both in center. -
Kepler
Chief founder of modern astronomy -
Newton
Invented and improved the first telescope -
Galileo
He developed the law of acceleration
