Timeline of knowledge and understanding of Solar System.

By Jie Ying
  • Period: 100 to 160

    Claudius Ptolemy

  • Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 21, 1543

    Nicholaus Copernicus

  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo Galilei

  • Period: Dec 27, 1571 to

    Johannes Kepler

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    Edmond Halley

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    William Herschel

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    Discovery of the first four asteroids

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    Urbain Le Verrier

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    Clyde Tombaugh

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    Voyagers 1 and 2