Question

Copernicus and other astronomers before him thought that celestial bodies followed a(n) _____ orbital path

Answer 1

The correct answer is circular. Copernicus and other astronomers before him thought that celestial bodies followed a circular orbital path. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer that concluded that the sun is at rest near the center of the universe and the earth is revolving around it annually. This theory is called heliocentric.