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what is some of the evidence used by galileo to support copernicuss model and disprove aristotle and ptolemys?
each planet spins in an epicycle.
planets appear to move backward.
jupiter has moons orbiting it.
the religious and cultural beliefs supported this model.
Galileo observed Jupiter's moons using his telescope. This showed that not all celestial bodies orbit Earth (as in Aristotle and Ptolemy's geocentric model). It supported the idea that objects can orbit other objects (like in Copernicus' heliocentric model). Epicycles were part of Ptolemy's model. Planets moving backward (retrograde motion) was a problem both models tried to explain. Religious and cultural beliefs were not scientific evidence Galileo used.
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Jupiter has moons orbiting it.