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Feb 19, 1473
Nicholas Copernicus
Copernicus formuated the Heliocentric model of the universe which placed the sun in the center rather than the Earth -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
Brahe is best known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical planetary observations -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilie
Galilie played an important role during the scientific revolution which were his advancements in the telescope and made observations to support Copernicanism. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Kepler was best known for his laws of planetary motion in the universe which provided a foundation for Newton's theory of universal gravitation -
Giovanni Cassini
Cassini was known for his work in the fields of astronomy and engineering and most notably discovered four satellites of Saturn and noted the division of Saturn's rings -
Sir Isaac Newton
Newton was an English physist who was the most infleuntal scientist of all time and had a key role in the scientific revolution. He formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation. -
Edmond Halley
Halley was best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. -
Charles Messier
Messier published a catolog consisting of the nubula and star clusters which came to be known as the 110 Messier Objects. The purpose of it was to distinguish between permanent and transient visually diffuse objects in the sky. -
William Herschel
Herschel became famous for his discovery of Uranus along with 2 of its major moons. -
Annie Jump Cannon
Annie's was intrumental in the development of contempory stellar classification. She also created the Harvard Classification Scheme -
Albert Einstein
Einstein developed a general theory of relativity and was most know for his mass-energy equivalene: E=mc2 -
Edwin Hubble
Hubble has a crucial role in establishing the feild of extragalatic astronomy and came up with the theory that the universe is expanding -
Frank Drake
Drake was known for his search of extraterestrial intelligence including the founding of the SETI -
Carl Sagon
Sagen discovered the high surface temperatures on Venus, but is best known for his contributions to scientific research of extraterrestial life -
Stephen Hawking
Hawking was known for his research for theortical cosmology.
