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Astrometry

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ASTRONOMERS

BY: JENNA LARSON
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ARISTOTLE

  • He thought Earth went around the sun
  • He created a model of his beliefs of the solar system

ARISTARCHUS

  • He proposed a heliocentric model
  • He measured the distance from the moon to the sun

PTOLEMY

  • He proposed the Ptolemaic model
  • He wrote a book called Almagest

COPERNICUS

  • He created the Copernican mode
  • He felt the Ptolemaic model was complicated

KEPLER

  • He created three principles
  • Each of his laws were different

GALIEO GALILEI

  • He improved the telescope
  • Observed moons