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Why is the Copernican Revolution significant? Select three options.

Few advancements in scientific knowledge were made.
Scientists discovered new evidence to support their theories.
Scientists discovered that old interpretations of data was incorrect.
Scientists used observations and mathematical data to solve problems in new ways.
All theories developed during the time period were disproved by modern science.

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- Scientists discovered new evidence to support their theories.
(e.g., Galileo’s telescopic observations — phases of Venus, moons of Jupiter — supported heliocentrism.)

- Scientists discovered that old interpretations of data was incorrect.
(The long‑accepted Ptolemaic/geocentric interpretation was shown to be inadequate.)

- Scientists used observations and mathematical data to solve problems in new ways.
(Kepler’s laws and the shift toward quantitative, mathematical models changed how astronomy was done.)