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Question 2) You can answer this on the back as you'll need room. We have more 2 or less confidence in an idea based upon the amount of evidence for or against it. But it is also important to consider the quality of the evidence used. Review the four evidences of Galileo. All support the sun-centered system, and all oppose the earth-centered system. A) Pick the one which does the incompetent in) opposing the earth-centered system, and explain why you think the evidence is so weak. B) Pick the one which does the worst job supporting the sun-centered system, and explain why you think the evidence is so weak. C) Pick the one which does the best job opposing the earth-centered system, and explain why you think the evidence is so strong. D) Pick the one which does the best job supporting the sun-centered system, and explain why you think the evidence is so strong. [Hint: This question is about your judgment about which evidences are more convincing than others. There are right answers, but I'm mostly going to be looking at the reasons you use to justify your decisions.] (is the most

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A. For opposing geocentric model, worst evidence may be that when galileo felt that earth is not stationary because he observed moons revolvingbaround the Jupiter.

B. Aristotlr stated that earth is stationery because if anything thrown up into the sky its not falling back. Means usually when anythingbis moving and if any object is thrownup it usually falls back. So in that view he opposed the heliocentric model.

C. It was when galileo observed the phases of venus which can only be explained by venus going around thebsun not the earth. He observed that venus could revolve round the sun.

D. If each planet moved about the earth on a circle upon a circle when the plabet comes close to earth, it appears to reverse its motion and this found to be working fine predicting the positions of planets in sky. And found to be most accurate method.

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