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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
He is an astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the sun, rather than the earth, at the center. -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
He is a well known astronomer and alchemist and has been described more recently as "the first competent mind in modern astronomy to feel ardently the passion for empirical facts". -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilie
He achievements improved the telescope. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
He provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravation. -
Giovanni Cassini
He is known for his work in the fields of astronomy and engineering. -
Sir Isaac Newton
He is the key figure in the scientific revolution and he dicovered Gravity. -
Edmond Haley
He is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. -
Charles Messier
He Is most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the 110 "Messier objects". -
William Herschel
He became famous for discovering Uranus. -
Anne Jump Cannon
An american astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellary classification. -
Albert Einstein
He developed the theory of relativity. -
Edwin Hubble
He was an American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the feild of extragalactic astronomy. -
Frank Drake
He is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. -
Carl Sagan
He discovered the high surface temperature of Venus -
Stephen Hawking
He is the author and director of research at the centre for theoretical cosmology.
