Astronomers Timetoast Timeline

By rmitchell_lee
  • 276 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    Mesolabio
    276 BC–194 BC
    Considered as one of the first calculators ever
  • 127

    Claudius Ptolemy

    Star catalog
    127-141
    Important because it gave us a geocentric model of the Universe
  • 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Discovered that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
    1543
    Important, because it allows us to understand how our solar system works

  • Tycho Brahe

    C/1590 E1
    March 5, 1590
    This discovery was important, because he found a new comet.

  • Johannes Kepler

    Keplerian Telescope
    1611
    Important because we found out that planets out number the stars.

  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Newton's method
    1685
    Important because it allows us to solve problems with incredibly accuracy

  • Albert Einstein

    Existence of atoms
    1905
    It helped make breakthrough in modern chemistry to nuclear energy