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Which Renaissance invention enabled Galileo Galilei to confirm heliocentric (Copernican) theory?

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He used a telescope VENUS helped him to confirm it. 
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Answer: The correct answer is : The telescope

Explanation: Galileo Galilei perfected the telescope. First he used a homemade 8-magnification telescope, then he used progressively more powerful telescopes, confirmed that Venus was going through phases similar to those of our moon and that Jupiter's moons formed a system similar to the solar system, these were his main arguments to defend the heliocentric system .

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