LOM v1.0hierarchicalLOM v1.02URLhttp://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/node/195741enOn December 11th 1610, Galileo Galilei wrote to the Tuscan ambassador in Prague, that he had observed a phenomenon that was a strong argument for the Copernican theory. Galileo had turned his telescope towards Venus and saw that the planet changes its shape, waxing and waning like the Moon. The Phases of Venus result from the planet's orbit around the Sun inside the Earth`s orbit. It presents a full image when it is on the opposite side of the Sun. and the new phase when it is between the Earth and the Sun.Venus phases of Venus astronomy Solar System translation movementLOM v1.0final1.0LOM v1.0author2009-01-01Leonor CabralPaula FurtadoLOM v1.0publisher2013-04-04Leonor CabralenLOM v1.0LOM v1.0creator2013-06-10Leonor.CabralLOM v1.0validator2013-06-10Ana CostaLOM v1.0browserLOM v1.0anyLOM v1.0osLOM v1.0anytext/htmlhttp://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/node/195741LOM v1.0noLOM v1.0noLOM v1.0mixedLOM v1.0highLOM v1.0mediumLOM v1.0Inquiry-Based TeachingLOM v1.02 didactic hours9-1212-15LOM v1.0DisciplineScienceAstronomy: EarthAstronomy: OrbitAstronomy: PhasesAstronomy: PlanetsAstronomy: Solar systemAstronomy: Solar system - otherAstronomy: SunScientific enquiry: Creativity in scienceUseful materials and products: Everyday materials