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| DATE(S) | TOPIC - a short history (CLICK THE TITLE BELOW) | WIKI |
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| 1889-1953 | Edwin Hubble: showed that there are MILLIONS of galaxies (also Swan Leavitt & Jump Cannon) | |||
| 1811-1877 | Urbain Le Verrier - predicted the existence of planet Nepture purely by using maths | |
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| 1571-1630 | Johannes Kepler - used Brahe's measurements to accurately describe planetary motion | |
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| 1564-1642 | Galileo Galilei - often called the father of observational astronomy | |
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| 1546-1601 | Tycho Brahe - studied and meticulously recorded the movement of the planets | |
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