Since the Copernicantheory of planetary motion is inconsistent with the Ptolemaic account, Galileo's observations of Jupiter's satellites proved the truth of the Copernicantheory.
由于哥白尼的行星运动理论与托勒密的解释不一致,伽利略对木星卫星的观察证明了哥白尼理论的正确性。
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This principle was important in helping to support the Copernicantheory.
这一原理对解释哥白尼理论非常重要。
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Galileo became convinced that the correlation of phase with brightness and size was due to Venus orbiting the Sun, thus supporting the CopernicanTheory.