Question

Which European astronomer definitively proved the heliocentric theory with his law of universal gravitation?

Isaac Newton

Johannes Kepler

Galileo Galilei

Nicholas Copernicus

Answer 1

Think about this

Answer 2

galileo?

Answer 3

saint nick....

Answer 4

theres your hint

Answer 5

u think its nicholas c?

Answer 6

yes:)

Answer 7

wait what is throwing me off her is the universal gravitation part

Answer 8

no its Nicholas Copernicus

Answer 9

Newton was the one that created the law of universal gravitation

Answer 10

wasn't galileo an astronomer tho?

Answer 11

Newton's law of universal gravitation states that any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses

Answer 12

I'll give you an article here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism

Answer 13

That is proof read it:)

Answer 14

Isaac Newton had nothing to do with the heliocentric theory

Answer 15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_Revolution " finally ending with Isaac Newton’s work over a century later."

Answer 16

only the universal laws of gravitation

Answer 17

Newton was a contributor to the Copernican revolution

Answer 18

the question is who proved it so its either galileo or newtown

Answer 19

a contributor not the creator;)

Answer 20

"Proved" it says nothing about creating in the question

Answer 21

I would go with D dude

Answer 22

Which European astronomer definitively PROVED the heliocentric theory with his law of universal gravitation?

Answer 23

yeah i think you're right because it was newtown with the law of universal gravitation

Answer 24

its asking about who proved it not created it

Answer 25

whos right?

Answer 26

I'm serious i would go with D

Answer 27

i was going to go with D but then i re-read the question and its asking who proved not who created

Answer 28

law of universal gravitation was discovered until a century AFTER Copernicus

Answer 29

Tricky Questions...

Answer 30

^

Answer 31

Look, Newton created the Universal law of gravitation. With that he proved the heliocentric theory. Did Nicholas create the law of gravitation, therefore naming it as "his own?" No. Tricky Question, but there is proof to why A is correct. @caitlinnr14 is 100% correct c:

Answer 32

Nickholas may have created the heliocentric theory, but did he really prove it? And if so, did he prove it using the gravitational law?

Answer 33

c: @camerondoherty

Answer 34

cx

Answer 35

who was right... 0-0