Astronomy History

Invented calculus and the law of gravity

• Brahe

• Aristarchus

• Newton

• Galileo

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Responsible for recording planetary positions after studying planets and stars over a long period of time

• Kepler

• Hubble

• Galileo

• Brahe

Developed 3 laws of planetary motion & relied on the concept of elliptical orbits

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Doppler

• Brahe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Led to the "demise of Pluto" and was a native of MO

• Copernicus

• Hubble

• Kepler

• Aristarchus

Reprimanded by the Church for proposing the Earth and planets move around the Sun

• Hubble

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

Known for first observing the phases of Venus and discovering Jupiter's moon

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Doppler

• Brahe

Ancient Egyptian astronomer that developed the theory of epicycles

• Copernicus

• Doppler

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

Greek Astronomer that proposed heliocentrisim

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Aristarchus

• Hubble

A philosopher that proved the Earth is a sphere & thought it was at the center of the universe.

• William Herschel
• Isaac Newton
• Aristotle
• Nicolaus Copernicus

His model of the Earth-centered universe was the cornerstone of astronomy for 1,500 years

• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Charles Messier
• Galileo Galilei