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History, Gravity, Sun

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS

ARISTOTLE

  • 384-322 BCE
  • Came up with idea of parallax

ARISTARCHUS

  • 312-230 BCE
  • Tried to find the distance to the moon
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PTOLEMY

  • 100-170 BCE
  • Introduced "wheels-on-wheels" theory
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COPERNICUS

  • 1473-1543
  • Made "wheels on wheels" more accurate
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KEPLER

  • 1571-1630
  • Formed Kepler's laws
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GALILEO

  • 1564-1642
  • Introduced scientific method
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NEWTON

  • 1643-1727
  • Discovered gravity
  • Newton's laws of motion
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HUBBLE

  • 1889-1953
  • Hubble's law
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GEOCENTRIC MODEL

  • Created by Aristotle
  • Earth is the center of the universe

HELIOCENTRIC MODEL

  • Created by Aristarchus
  • Sun is the center of the universe