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Famous Scientists of Astronomy

Famous Scientists of Astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus. 1473-1543 Developed the Copernican theory which states that the sun is at rest at the center of the universe. Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642 Conducted experiments on free fall & telescope

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Famous Scientists of Astronomy

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  1. Famous Scientists of Astronomy

  2. Nicolaus Copernicus • 1473-1543 • Developed the Copernican theory which states that the sun is at rest at the center of the universe.

  3. Galileo Galilei • 1564-1642 • Conducted experiments on free fall & telescope • Condemned to house arrest for teaching the Copernican theory.

  4. Johannes Kepler • 1571-1630 • Showed that a planet moves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit

  5. Sir Isaac Newton • 1643-1727 • Experiments with gravity • Three laws of motion

  6. John Glenn • 1921-present • First to reach supersonic speeds from LA to NY (1957) • First American to orbit the earth (1962) • Senator for Ohio • Returned to space in 1998 aboard the Discovery

  7. Edwin Hubble • 1889-1953 • Showed that galaxies are moving away from us with a speed proportional to their distance. • Used the redshift of light to determine the speed of movement.

  8. Albert Einstein • 1879-1955 • Developed the theory of relativity (E=mc2) • Urged all nations to give up nuclear weapons.

  9. Stephen Hawking • 1942-present • Uses wheelchair due to Lou Gehrig’s disease. • Discovered that black holes emit radiation.

  10. Black Hole

  11. Work Cited • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hawking.html • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hubble.html • http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html Linda Webb

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