ting Aristotle and Ptolemy's model were not based on empirical evidence.
The phases of Venus.
The appearance of sunspots on the Sun.
The observation of mountains and craters on the Moon.
The observation of the phases of Jupiter's moons.
The observation of the Milky Way and the realization that it consisted of countless individual stars, contradicting Aristotle's belief in a finite universe.
What is some of the evidence used by Galileo to support Copernicus’s model and disprove Aristotle and Ptolemy’s?
Each planet spins in an epicycle.
Planets appear to move backward.
Jupiter has moons orbiting it.
The religious and cultural beliefs suppor
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