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The planet Venus, seen in its Quarter phase. Only Venus and
Mercury, the two planets closer to the Sun than Earth, can
be observed to have lunar-like phases, from Full to Quarter
to the thinnest of crescents. It was this observation that
Galileo used as evidence to confirm Copernicus’ Sun-centered
model of the Solar System, with all the planets revolving
around the Sun instead of the Earth. |
