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Astronomers
Question | Answer |
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Discovered there were many billions of galaxies in the universe. | Hubble |
BCE astronomer who said Earth was the center of the universe(geocentric.) | Aristotle |
Astronomer who repurposed the telescope, using it to observe objects in space. | Galileo |
Known for is large collection of data. | Brahe |
His incorrect theory of the universe lasted for nearly 1500 years. | Ptolemy |
He was one of the first to declare a sun-centered (heliocentric) universe and live. | Copernicus |
He helped explain why gravity holds the Earth and moons in orbit. | Newton |
He discovered planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun. | Kepler |
An American astronomer, living today; areas of study include star evolution and galactic astronomy. | Neil deGrasse Tyson |
He is known for his work with Einstein's Theory and Quantum Theory. | Hawking |