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Feb 19, 1473
Nicholas Copernicus
He varified observations about the moons motions. He also discovered that the earth rotates around the sun. -
Dec 27, 1541
Johannes Kepler
Known for his laws on planitary motion. -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brah
He invented his own model of the universe called the Tychonic System. And he was known for his acuret conprphensive asromenal and plenetary observations. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galile
Played a huge role in scientific revolution and improved the teliscope. He confirmed the phases of venus and the discovery of the four larged satilites of jupitor. -
Giovanni Cassini
Cassini most notable discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of saturn. -
sir issac newton
Newton principle formulated he laws of motion and universal gravitation. -
Edmond Halley
He published many books on astronomy. He was the assistant to a very importat scientist. -
Charles Messier
Known for publishing many astromical catalague of nebulae and star clusters. -
William Herschel
He became famous for his dicovery of the planet uranus alond with two of its major moons. -
Anne Jump Cannon
She was famous for her photos of the solar eclisps. Taken in Europe in 1882. -
Albert Einstein
He developed the general theory of relitivity and is best known for his mass energy equivelince formula E=Mc2 -
Edwin Hubble
Known for showing that the recessional velocity og a galaxy increases with its distance from the earth, implying the universe is expanding known as hubbles law. -
Frank Drake
he is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intellegence, including the founding of SETI mounting the first observational attemptes at detecting extraterrestrial communications. -
Carl Sagan
he is best known for his contributions to the scientific research of extraterrestrial life. -
Stephen Hawking
The first to set forth a cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity.
