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Astronomers

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who catalouged the positions of 850 stars, and founded the stellar magnitude we still use today?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Copernicus

c)

Brahe

d)

Kepler

2.

Who represents planetary motion through interlocking circular orbits with Earth as the center?

a)

Hipparchus

b)

Hevelius

c)

Hypatia

d)

Newton

3.

This person was thought to have edited book 3 of Ptolemy's Almagest, a manual on the motion of the stars and planets.

a)

Hypatia

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Copernicus

4.

Showed the sun at the center of the universe

a)

Kepler

b)

Copernicus

c)

Newton

d)

Brahe

5.

Shattered the belief that the Universe beyond the moon was unchanging

a)

Hipparchus

b)

Copernicus

c)

Brahe

d)

Galileo

6.

Constructed simple refracting telescope

a)

Brahe

b)

Hypatia

c)

Newton

d)

Galileo

7.

Discovered planets have elliptical orbits

a)

Kepler

b)

Hypatia

c)

Brahe

d)

Hevelius

8.

Was the last astronomer to do major work without aid of telescope & catalogued 1,564 stars

a)

Kepler

b)

Hevelius

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

9.

Discovered 4 of Saturn's moons, lapetus, Rhea, Dione, and Tethys

a)

Newon

b)

Hevelius

c)

Cassini

d)

Kepler

10.

Remembered for their work on gravity and optics

a)

Newton

b)

Galileo

c)

Cassini

d)

Hevelius

11.

Used the stars positions and designed instruments to make new star catalogues and star atlas of 3,000 stars to help the Navy

a)

Cassini

b)

Hevelius

c)

Newton

d)

Flamsteed