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  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Formulated a heliocenteric model of the universe.
  • Tycho Brahe (AKA Thug Nasty)
    Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe (AKA Thug Nasty)

    He was an astronmer, well known for his precise measurements, and his building of helpful tools.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    He was best known for inventing the telescope.
  • Johannas Kepler
    Dec 27, 1571

    Johannas Kepler

    He was best known for his laws of planetary motion.
  • Giovanni Cassini

    Giovanni Cassini

    He was most notable for discovering four satellites of the planet saturn, and noticed the division of the rings of saturn
  • Sir Issac Newton

    Sir Issac Newton

    He discovered the concept of gravity.
  • Edmond Halley

    Edmond Halley

    He is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's comet
  • Charles Messier

    Charles Messier

    Notable for publishing an astronimical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the 110 "messier objects."
  • William Hershcel

    William Hershcel

    A British astronmer, techinal expert, and composer who was famous for his discovery of the planet Uranus
  • Annie Jump Cannon

    Annie Jump Cannon

    An american astronemer whose catologing work was instrumental in the developement of contemporarily stellar classification.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    German born theoretical physicist that developed the generaal theory of relativity.
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble

    American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the field
  • Frank Drake

    Frank Drake

    An american astronomer and astrophysicist who is most notable for as one of the pioneers in the search for extratesstrial life.
  • Carl Sagan

    Carl Sagan

    An american astronomer, who's research was essential to discovering the high surface temperatures on Venus.
  • Stephen Hawking

    Stephen Hawking

    An english theoretical physicist, cosmoligist, and author who is most famous for his theory that blakck holes emit radiation, known as Hawking Radiation.