Astronomy Timeline

  • 140

    Ptolemy

    Ptolemy
    He invented the terrestrial latitude and longitude system. His model of Geocentric was believed for 1500 years.
  • Period: 140 to

    Time span

    Time Span (310 B.C. - 1727)
  • 310

    Ancient Greeks

    Ancient Greeks
    First to propose the Heliocentric universe.
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus
    Placed the Sun in the center- Heliocentric.
  • Tycho Brahe

    Tycho Brahe
    He believed that the Sun orbited the Earth, while the other planets orbited the Sun.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler
    Created the Three Laws of Planetary Motion.
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    He believed in the Heliocentric system.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    He discovered the Three Laws of Motion.