The Month of January in Science
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The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered on January 1, 1801 and is the only dwarf planet inside of Neptune's orbit - it is located in the asteroid belt, which means that it's between these two planets

Mars and Jupiter

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On January 4, 1642, Isaac Newton was born - he later not only invented calculus but also contributed to this field of science which studies the behavior and properties of light (if you wear glasses, you can thank him)

(+1200: Give the name of the range of frequencies in which light and other forms of radiation are found)

Optics

(Electromagnetic spectrum)


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André Marie Constant Duméril was a French zoologist born on January 1, 1774, and was most famous for his work as a herpetologist, which means that he studied these types of animals

Reptiles and amphibians