Astronomy

By Psuchite
  • Period: Dec 3, 1400 to

    Astronomy

  • Jun 5, 1512

    Copernicus and Mars

    Copernicus whike studying Mars he discovered that Aristharchus's theory that the planets orbit the sun was right.
  • Dec 3, 1572

    Tycho Brahe oberves a Supernova

    While in Cassiopeia Tycho Brahe sees a Supernova.
  • Jun 10, 1581

    Galileo discovery about the pendelum.

    Galielo counted the swings of a lamp and found out that the swing of a pendelum was based on the length of the swing.

  • Hans Lippershey applies for a license

    The spectle maker Hans Lippershey applies for license to be able to make telescopes.He is denied the license afterwards

  • Galileo's Discovery

    Galileo made his own telescope based on Hans lippershey's desgin.He showed the telescope to the senate of Venice and talked about the military uses of this telescope.

  • Galileo publishes The Starry Messenger

    Galileo publishes his book The Starry Messenger,He wrote everything he had observed in the book.As he and his book grew famous the Church became mad.The Church said his book was going against the Church's belief.

  • Galileo's trial

    Galileo is put on trial and is put on house arrest for life,because of his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

  • Robert Hooke studies Jupiter

    While looking at Jupiter Robert Hooke was the first to see the red spot on Jupiter.

  • The first know comet

    Giuseppi Piazzi observes Ceres which was actually an asteroid.So Giuseppi actually discovered the first asteroid.

  • The Discovery of Pluto

    The astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovers Pluto at the age of 24.

  • The Sputnik 1

    The USSR launches it's small metal sphere into space.This causes commotion between the bigger countries and begins a comptetition to see who could get to Space first.

  • The First American in space.

    The first American to be launched into space was Alan B. Shepard.He was only in space for about 15 minutes.

  • The first man on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, jr succesfully become the first two humans on the MoonThey collect Moon rocks and place an American flag on the surface of the Moon.

  • The first photo of Jupiter

    The space probe Voyager 1 snaps the first photo of Jupiter.