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The History of Astronomy

  • Aristarchus of Samos
    400 BCE

    Aristarchus of Samos

    The eart revolved around the sun
  • Hipparchus
    200 BCE

    Hipparchus

    Stars clasified acoording to their brightness.
  • Ptolemy
    200

    Ptolemy

    Geocentric astronomic model. Sun, moon, and the five known planets (Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) revolved around the Earth.
  • Copernicus
    Sep 12, 1543

    Copernicus

    Heliocentric model. Planets revovled around the sun.
  • Tycho Barhe

    Tycho Barhe

    He carried out very detailed observation of the planets.
  • Kepler

    Kepler

    He deduced his famous planetary laws following Brahe's observations.
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    He used the telescope for the first time, it was the birth of modern astronomy.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Built the first telescope usin mirrors instead of lenses.
  • The Principles of Natural Philosophy

    The Principles of Natural Philosophy

    The laws governing the movement of planets are explained by Isaac Newton.
  • Edmund Halley

    Edmund Halley

    Explained Newton's laws and predicted the return of a comet in 1758
  • W. Herschel

    W. Herschel

    Discovered Uranus
  • Astrophysics.

    Astrophysics.

    Created thanks to the spectroscope, an apparatus wich allows us to identify substances in the stars.
  • F. W. Bessel

    F. W. Bessel

    Measured the distance from a star using geometry. This confirmed Copernicus's theory.
  • Adams, Galle and Leverrier.

    Adams, Galle and Leverrier.

    Discovery of Neptune.
  • E. P. Hubble

    E. P. Hubble

    Proved that some of the nebulas seen in sky are independent galaxies. He discovered galaxies moved away from each other.
  • C. Tombaugh

    C. Tombaugh

    Discovered pluto.
  • Neil A. Armstrong

    Neil A. Armstrong

    First man walking on the moon.
  • Extrasolar Planets

    Extrasolar Planets

    Discovery
  • Michael E. Brown

    Michael E. Brown

    Discovery of the largest Kuiper Belt object (KBO) ever.