The most significant challenge posed by early modern astronomers was that of the "heliocentric" universe, first argued by:
a. Galileo Galilei.
b. Nicholas Copernicus
c. Johannes Keppler
d. Frances Bacon
e. Rene Descartes
ANSWER:
b
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