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Feb 19, 1473
Nicholas Copernicus
Nichoals Copernicus developed the heliocentric model of the universe in which the center of our solar system is the sun. He moved away from the widely accepted geocentric model. -
Oct 24, 1546
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe made relativley accurate measuremets of the brightest stars in our sky, this was done through the use of the scentific method. He continually repeated his processes to create more precise measurments. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo developed an improved telescope, discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, and discovered that venus has phases equivalent to our moon. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Proved that the heliocentric model was accurate through the use of mar's elliptical orbit. -
Giovanni Cassini
Famed for the discovery of planet Saturn. -
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion -
Edmond Halley
Halley predicted the now-named comet halley's comet revisitation date accurately. -
Charles Messier
Charles Messier was a French astronomer most known for creating an astronomical index consisting of nebulae and star clusters. -
William Herschel
Famed for the discovery of planet Uranus. -
Anne Jump Cannon
Anne Jump Cannon's work established a contemporary stellar classification. -
Albert Einstein
He created the theory of relativity. -
Edwin Hubble
Hubble was an amercian astronomer who helped institute the field of extragalactic astronomy. -
Frank Drake
Worked in the field searching for the existence of extraterrestial intelligence, was a found of SETI. -
Carl Sagan
Conrtibuted a huge amount to the field of astronomy, and hosted the original cosmos series. -
Stephen Hawking
Worked on gravitational singularity theorem, and predicted blach holes emit radiation.
