Science

The Solar System

  • Claudius Ptolemy
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    Claudius Ptolemy

    Cladius Ptolemy proposed the geocentric model of the Universe
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Jan 1, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system.
  • Johannes Kelper

    Johannes Kelper

    Made the three laws of planetary motion
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    He improved the telescope and discovered that Saturn had rings.
  • Edmund Halley

    Edmund Halley

    Discovered Halley's Comet
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel

    Credited as the founder of sidereal astronomy
  • Urbain le Verrier

    Urbain le Verrier

    Predicted the position of Neptune with only maths
  • Clyde Tombaugh

    Discovered Pluto
  • Voyager 1

    Studied the outer Solar System
  • Voyager 2

    Studied Uranus and Neptune, as well as the outer Solar System