QUIZ: Can You Name These Historical Figures?

This Italian scientist is famous for using a telescope to observe outer space.

Retry Correct Incorrect Galileo is noted as the “Father” of astronomy, physics, the scientific method, and modern science. Through observational Astronomy, he discovered the different phases of Venus, Jupiter’s four largest moons, Saturn’s rings, Moon craters, and sunspots. He perfected Copernicus’ idea of Heliocentrism but was opposed by the Catholic Church and eventually deemed a heretic.

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This Italian scientist is famous for using a telescope to observe outer space.

• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Galileo Galilei
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Michelangelo