ASTRONOMERS

ARISTOTLE

• Aristotle was greek
• He thought the earth was the center of all things.
• His shift of positions showed different views of location
• His model showed series or the moon ect. in circles
• Parallax cannot see the stars

ARISTARCHUS

• He was greek
• He was a astronomer and mathmetitionn
• He attempted to measure the moon and sun
• He was a major contributor in science
• He couldnt sovle how he would measure them

PTOLEMY

• Astronomer and a grapher
• He was a mathematician
• He lived in Alexandria Egypt
• Wrote almagest
• Prediction of planets in future years

COPERNICUS

• Polish astronomer
• The ptolemy model was to complicated
• All observations were done with him
• He used wheels on wheels
• Heliocentric model

KEPLER

• German mathematician
• He analyzed planets
• Tried other paths and found eclipse fits best
• Planets move faster with the sun
• Planetary orbits are ellipses with the sun

GALILEO

• He is apart of scientific methods
• He made scientific improvements
• He observed moons to see celestial objects
• Earth isnt the only planted that can be orbited
• Sunlight strikes venus as it orbits the sun