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Transcribed Image Text:Match the astronomer to their contribution to ancient Greek astronomy:
v Developed the long-standing geocentric model of the universe until it was replaced during the Renaissance
A. Aristarchus
v One of the first to claim that the Earth may orbit the Sun, but his ideas were rejected by later philosophers
B. Aristotle
v Developed a technique for measuring the circumference of the Earth long before anyone circumnavigated the globe
with ships
c. Eratosthenes
D. Pythagoras
v Used eclipses to confirm the shape of the Earth and that the Moon was closer to the Earth than the Sun despite the
fact that they appear to be the same size in the sky
E. Ptolemy
v Brilliant geometric mind that was one of the first to propose that all of the heavenly bodies were spheres due to their
perfect natures
F. Hipparchus
v Established the apparent magnitude system that we use to measure the brightness of stars and deduced that the
direction of Earth's axis of rotation has changed over time
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