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National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Ancient Times & the Greeks

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In ancient times only five planets were known: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Learn about Greek astronomer Ptolemy's theory for the solar system that was to survive for fourteen centuries.

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Concepts
planets, ptolemy
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Additional Tags
history of astronomy, history of space science, wandering stars, national air and space museum: ancient times and the greeks, smithsonian institution, ancient greek astronomy, ancient greek science
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
NGSS
HS-ESS1-6