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Astronomers In History

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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ARISTOTLE

HIS MODEL PLACED THE MOON,SUN,PLANETS, AND STARS AROUND EARTH.
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ARISTARCHUS

HIS MODEL ATTEMPT TO MEASURED THE DISTANCE FROM MOON TO THE SUN.
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PTOLEMY

HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLANETS GOING BACK AS 800 YEARS.
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COPERNICUS

HE FELT THE PTOLEMYS MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM WAS TOO COMPLICATED
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KEPLER

HE WAS A GERMAN MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER.
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GELILEO

WAS A SCIENTIST WHO APPROACHED QUESTIONS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Christiaan Huygens

Dutch discovered Saturn's first satellite, Titan, and the true shape of Saturn's rings
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Johann Franz Encke

GERMAN DISCOVERED THE FIRST COMET, NOW CALLED ENCKE'S COMET