Early Thinkers by Jack Kicera https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap By Jack Kicera en-us 2018-10-10 14:26:07 UTC 2018-10-11 14:22:45 UTC hello@padlet.com kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291736329 Aristotle was a Greek philosopher (384 - 322 BCE) . He was famous for making the geocentric model
It is important because he was the first person to provide a pretty accurate model of our solar system even though it was wrong. He was a Geocentric thinker.
     
]]> 2018-10-11 14:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291736329 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291738508 Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician (310 - 230 BCE). He was famous for proposing the heliocentric model and he measured the distance to the moon and the sun. This is important because it inspired many ideas like light years and other things like that. He was a Heliocentric thinker.
]]> 2018-10-11 14:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291738508 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291739714 Ptolemy is a Egyptian astronomer, geographer and mathematician (100 - 170 CE ). He created the wheels on wheels geocentric model. This is important because this is still used today in a heliocentric model. He was a Geocentric thinker.

]]> 2018-10-11 14:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291739714 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291740700 Nicolaus Copernicus is a polish astronomer (1473 - 1543).He was famous for developing the first heliocentric model. It is important because it was the first of modern models of our solar system.
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]]> 2018-10-11 14:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291740700 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291741366 Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician and astronomer. (1571 - 1630). He made ellipses the planetary motions instead of circles. He also made Kepler's law which is laws about the planets. This was important because Kepler’s law is still used today. He was a Heliocentric thinker.

]]> 2018-10-11 14:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291741366 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291744658 Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician (1564 - 1642).
He invented a high powered telescope that allowed him to view celestial objects. This is important because it helped support the heliocentric model and his telescopes are used today.
He was a Heliocentric thinker. 










]]> 2018-10-11 14:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291744658 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291745876 2018-10-11 14:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291745876 kicerja https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291746232 2018-10-11 14:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kicerja/wgshgv7jdlap/wish/291746232