Astronomers

By The Boss 160
  • 100

    Claudius Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek-Roman mathematician/astronomer who studied astronomy, geography and astrology.
  • 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Polish mathematician who found the Heliocentric model where everything revolves around the sun.
  • 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Known as the father of physics, he developed the telescope and agreed with Copernicus about the Heliocentric model.
  • 1571

    Johannes Kepler

    German Mathematician who was a key figure in the 17th century for creating a scientific revolution. He is best known on his law on the planetary motion.

  • Edmond Halley

    He was an English astronomer and was the second astronomer in Britain, beating John Flamsteed in 1720

  • William Herschel

    Frederick William Herschel was a German astronomer who studied and sold the advanced telescope for over 50 years.

  • Discovery of the first four asteroids

    Vesta which is one of the largest asteroid belts a in this asteroid belt was where an asteroid looked like. This was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers.

  • Urbain Le Verrier

    He was a French mathematician who specialised in mechanics and is best known for roughly finding where Neptune is.

  • Clyde William Tombaugh

    Clyde was an American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930. At the time it was considered as a planet but from 2006 it became a dwarf-planet.

  • Voyagers 1 and 2

    Voyager 1 was Launched by NASA in September, 1977. After 16 days, its twin Voyager 2 was launched.