Venus shows changes in angular size and also shows phases similar to those of the Moon.When Galileo first saw these changes,he concluded that
A) Venus orbits the Moon.
B) Venus orbits the Sun.
C) the Moon really orbits Venus,not Earth,after all.
D) Venus,like the Moon,orbits Earth.

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Galileo's observation of Venus showing changes in angular size and phases similar to those of the Moon led him to conclude that Venus orbits the Sun, not the Moon or Earth. This observation supported the heliocentric model of the solar system proposed by Copernicus.

Venus Shows Changes in Angular Size and Also Shows Phases