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Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and renaissance polymath. He was known for formulating a model of the universe that put the sun at the center instead of the Earth.
Born: Feb 19, 1473
Died: May 24 1543 -
an Italian astronomer, often called the "father of observational astronomy", made revolutionary discoveries throughout his life like, the four largest moons of Jupiter, for example.
Born: Feb 15, 1564
Died: Jan 8, 1642 -
A German astronomer, known for the three laws of planetary motion, as well as the Kepler conjecture.
Born: Dec 27, 1571
Died: Nov 15, 1630 -
A Dutch mathematician/astronomer, considered as one of the greatest scientists ever, and played a major part in the scientific revolution. Know for founding the wave theory of light.
Born: April 14, 1629
Died: July 8, 1695 -
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the most respected and accomplished scientist ever. he is famous for inventing calculus and discovering many properties of gravity.
Born: Jan 4, 1643
Died: March 31, 1727 -
An English astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. Halley is known for being the first to calculate the orbit of a comet, later named after him.
Born: Nov 8, 1656
Died: Jan 14, 1742 -
A French astronomer who published astronomical catalogs showing distant star clusters and 110 nebulae. He was the first to do so making it a revolutionary step.
Born: June 26, 1730
Died: April 12, 1817 -
A German astronomer and composer of music. Herschel is famous for discovering the planet Uranus, being the first planet discovered since ancient times.
Born: Nov 15, 1738
Died: Aug 5, 1822 -
Hubble was an American astronomer who made major, life changing discoveries about our solar system. He proved that there were more galaxies and planets outside of the Milky Way
Born: Nov 20, 1889
Died: Sep 28, 1953 -
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer who assisted NASA on multiple occasions. He is known for discovering the high surface temperature on Venus
Born: Nov 9, 1934
Died: Dec 20, 1996