Renaissance Astronomy, Science, and Inventions

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  1. 2. Galileo's invention of the pendulum helped make this early Renaissance invention more accurate
  2. 5. This astronomer discovered that the Moon was not really smooth, but covered with craters. He also thought that the moon didn't make its own light, but reflected light from the sun. Other discoveries included the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and sunspots. (fullname)
  3. 6. the improvement of these led to the invention of the microscope, telescope, and eyeglasses
  4. 8. __ and Ptolemy had produced theories that the Earth was the center of the Universe
  5. 9. a time of great strides in science and mathematics that came after the Renaissance (2 words; no space)
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  1. 1. a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from this data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested (2 words; no space)
  2. 3. This astronomer stated that the Sun was the center of the universe and that the Earth and the planets orbited the Sun. (full name)
  3. 4. This astronomer charted the orbit and position of many of the planets showing that they did not need to orbit the sun in a perfect circle. (full name)
  4. 7. The most important invention of the Renaissance, and perhaps in the history of the world;invented by German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 (2 words; no space)