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Tufts Astronomy - People
Lang Midterm - People
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
10/20/2009

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Adams, Leverrier
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They predicted Neptune from discrepencies in Uranus's orbit
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Cassini
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He discovered 4 of Saturns moons, division in Saturn's rings, Red spot, measured longitude
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Copernicus
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He discovered planets move around sun
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Einstein
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Relativity, speed of light, photoelectric effect
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Galileo
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Found four large moons of Jupiter, phases of Venus, supported sun centered model
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Herschel
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Discovered Uranus, moons, coined the term asteroid
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Hubble
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Discovered and proved redshift, expansion
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Huygens
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Discovered Saturn's rings and one moon, wave theory of light
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Kepler
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Laws for relationship between orbital distance and period
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Lagrange
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Triangular configuration of planets
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Maxwell
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Composition of Saturn's rings, electromagnetic radiation
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Newton
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Laws of universal gravitation
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Piazzi
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Discovered first asteroid, Ceres
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Ptolemy
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Thought planets move around earth
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