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1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and renaissance polymath. He was known for formulating a model of the universe that put the sun at the center instead of the Earth.
Born: Feb 19, 1473
Died: May 24 1543 -
1564
Galileo Galilei
an Italian astronomer, often called the "father of observational astronomy", made revolutionary discoveries throughout his life like, the four largest moons of Jupiter, for example.
Born: Feb 15, 1564
Died: Jan 8, 1642 -
1571
Johannes Kepler
A German astronomer, known for the three laws of planetary motion, as well as the Kepler conjecture.
Born: Dec 27, 1571
Died: Nov 15, 1630 -
Christiaan Huygens
A Dutch mathematician/astronomer, considered as one of the greatest scientists ever, and played a major part in the scientific revolution. Know for founding the wave theory of light.
Born: April 14, 1629
Died: July 8, 1695 -
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the most respected and accomplished scientist ever. he is famous for inventing calculus and discovering many properties of gravity.
Born: Jan 4, 1643
Died: March 31, 1727 -
Edmond Halley
An English astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. Halley is known for being the first to calculate the orbit of a comet, later named after him.
Born: Nov 8, 1656
Died: Jan 14, 1742 -
Charles Messier
A French astronomer who published astronomical catalogs showing distant star clusters and 110 nebulae. He was the first to do so making it a revolutionary step.
Born: June 26, 1730
Died: April 12, 1817 -
William Herschel
A German astronomer and composer of music. Herschel is famous for discovering the planet Uranus, being the first planet discovered since ancient times.
Born: Nov 15, 1738
Died: Aug 5, 1822 -
Edwin Hubble
Hubble was an American astronomer who made major, life changing discoveries about our solar system. He proved that there were more galaxies and planets outside of the Milky Way
Born: Nov 20, 1889
Died: Sep 28, 1953 -
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer who assisted NASA on multiple occasions. He is known for discovering the high surface temperature on Venus
Born: Nov 9, 1934
Died: Dec 20, 1996