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Hipparchus was the creator and founder of Trigonometry.
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The exact circumstances of Claudius Ptolemy's death are not well-documented, and it is believed he died in Alexandria, Egypt, around the year 170 AD.
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Hipparchus died around 120 BC, but the exact circumstances of his death are not well-documented.
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Ptolemy created the Almagest. The Almagest was an astronomical treatise that supported the theory that the Earth is the center of the Universe.
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Copernicus created the theory that the Sun was the center rotation point for all the planets in the solar system.
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Nicolaus Copernicus died, likely from a stroke or possibly from other health issues related to old age.
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Brahe was a Danish astronomer who was known for his incredible accuracy when placing the positions of stars.
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Johannes Kepler discovered the three major laws of planetary motion.
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Tycho Brahe died from a combination of obesity, diabetes, and alcoholism, which led to a sudden illness that caused urinary retention and ultimately a fatal bladder rupture.
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After contracting a fever, Johannes Kepler died on November 15, 1630, in Regensburg, in the Duchy of Bavaria, now in Germany.
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Sir Isaac Newton discovered the three laws of motion.
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Isaac Newton died in his sleep on March 31, 1727, at the age of 84.
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Clyde discovered the dwarf planet Pluto.
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Clyde Tombaugh died of natural causes.