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Galileo discovered something about Venus with his telescope that shook the old theories. Which of the following was Galileo's discovery? w) Venus was covered in clouds x) Venus had phases like the moon y) Venus' surface was similar to the earth's z) Venus had retrograde motion 
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ANSWER: X -- VENUS HAD PHASES LIKE THE MOON
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