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Born in Cyrenne and died in Alexandria
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- 1st to calculate Earth's circumference. The Earth's circumference has been used to define fundamental units of measurement of length
- Calculated the distance between the Sun and the Earth. The distance between the Sun and the Earth helps determining the temperature on Earth
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Born in Egypt and died in Alexandria
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- Created a star catalog that listed 48 constellations. This catalog showed the accurate measurements of the stars.
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Born in Torun and died in Frombork
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- Created the Heliocentric system. This system puts the Sun at the center of our system. Copernicus is the 1st to bring this to the world.
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Born in Denmark and died in Prague
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Born and died in Germany
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- 1st to identify a Supvernova. The Supernova has the potential and power to either create, alter, or destroy life of the stars.
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- Created the 3 laws of planetary motion. This identified that the planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun. Their orbits around the Sun.
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Born in Woolsthorpe, England and died in London, England
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- Created the theory of gravitation. This showed that gravity is the force that holds everything in the universe together.
- Created the laws of motion. This was the foundation of classic mechanics which was the main branches of physics.
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Born in Ulm, Germany and died in Princeton, NJ
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- Discovered the theory of relativity. This is the most important theories in physics and has a lot of significance in our lives.