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This is a partial time line of the development of telescopes used to study the Solar System. Scientists could observe the Su
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Earth's moon before 1600 without telescopes.
Year Description of Telescope
1609
Discoveries with Telescope
Galileo's refracting telescope magnified objects 20 times using 1.5- The moons of Jupiter provided evidence that the Sun is the cen
inch glass lenses
the Solar System
1789 Herschel's handmade reflecting telescope using a 19-inch mirror
1896
1930
Fraunhofer's refracting telescope at Berlin Observatory using 9.5-
inch glass lenses
Clark's refracting telescope at Lowell Observatory using 15-inch
glass lenses
The planet Uranus and the moons of other planets in the Solar
System
The planet Neptune, asteroids, and the moons of other planets i
the Solar System
The former planet Pluto and thousands of comets and asteroids
How have improvements to the telescope advanced the understanding of the Solar System?
A. Astronomers are able to observe other stars in the Solar System.
OB. Astronomers are able to observe black holes in the Solar System.
Oc Astronomers are able to observe the formation of new planets in the Solar System.
OD. Astronomers are able to observe objects in the Solar System that are more distant from Earth.
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