Used the sun to measure the size of the round earth. His measurements of 24,660 miles was only 226 miles off.
What is Eratosthenes
100
Kepler discovered that the orbit of mars is an ellipse.
What is Johannes Kepler
100
he computed in 1705 that a bright comet was periodic and would make another appearance in 1758.
What is Edmund Halley
100
contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way
What is Jan Oort
100
Julia's Birthday
What is March 15th
200
Came up with the geocentric theory.
140 A.D
What is Claudius Ptolemy
200
known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. He was born in Scania, then part of Denmark, now part of modern-day Sweden.
What is Tycho Brache
200
discovered 19 comets, 13 being original and 6 independent co-discoveries; compiled a famous catalog of deep-sky objects
What is Charles Messier
200
aka the “the astronomer of the people”, was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author and researcher.
What is Carl Sagan
200
Courtney's middle name
What is Marie
300
Invented the astrolabe.
Discovered the Andromeda Galaxy M31.
What is Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
300
Cassini-Huygens spacecraft that was launched in 1997 and continues to transmit images from Saturn.
What is Giovanni Cassini
300
widely credited as the founder of sidereal astronomy for observing the heavenly bodies. He found the planet Uranus and its two moons, and formulated a theory of stellar evolution.
What is William Herschel
300
BONUSSSSS
What is BONUSS 300!!!
300
Julia's favorite color
What is Turquoise?
400
Formulated a model of the universe that placed the sun in the center rather than earth.
What is Nicolaus Copernicus
400
most famous for developing the wave theory of light. He described the shape of Saturn's rings, discovered Titan and drew the first map of Mars.
What is Christian Huygens
400
most famous for his theory of Relativity
What is Albert Einstein
400
BONUSSSS
What is BONUSSS 400!!!!
400
Courtney and Julia's favorite teacher
What is Mr. Collins!!! (well and maybe someone else too)