The Solar System

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    Claudius Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer.
  • Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer and a mathematician who supported the and discovered the heliocentric solar system
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei was an astronomer, physicist and engineer and was the first person to study the skies in detail with a telescope
  • Dec 27, 1571

    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler was astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer.

  • Urbain Le Verrier

    Urbain Le Verrier was an astronomer and a mathematician who is known for predicting the location and the discovery of neptun using only maths

  • Edmond Halley

    Edmond Halley was an astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist.

  • William Herschel

    William Herschel was a British astronomer, composer and he is known for discovering Uranus and finding the two moons

  • Clyde Tombaugh

    Clyde Tombaugh was an astronomer who discovered Pluto

  • Voyagers 1 and 2

    Voyagers 1 and 2 were sent to space to closely examine and research the rings of Saturn and Jupiter