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The inability to observe parallax of stars led the ancient Greek astronomers to reject the...
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True
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The zodiac is tilted by 23.5 degrees relative to the celestial equator.
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True
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The motion of the Sun with respect to the stars is retrograde, i.e., east to west relative...
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False
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During the month of December, the Earth goes through the point of closest approach to the Sun....
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True
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The first quater phase of the Moon in the northern hemisphere occurs at the time of the third...
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False
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During retrograde motion, the planet Mars rises in the west and sets in the east.
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False
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Parallax is the shift in a star's apparent position due to the Earth's motion around the Sun.
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True
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During the December solstice, the sun rises in the southeast horizon in the Earth's northern...
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True
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In the geocentric theories, the Earth is assumed to be the center of the solar system.
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True
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The Sun is located at the center of Earth's elliptical orbit.
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False
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The angular size of an object decreases as the distance to the observer increases.
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True
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In the heliocentric model, the retrograde motion of the planets was explained as the consequences...
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True
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