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Featured Article: Copernicus, Nicolaus
Copernicus, Nicolaus, koh PUR nuh kuhs, nihk uh LAY uhs (1473-1543), was a Polish astronomer who developed the theory that the earth is a moving planet. See more »
Adams, John Couch
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892), was a British mathematician and astronomer.
See more »Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August
Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August, ahr guh LAHN dehr, FREE drihkh VIHL hehlm OW gust (1799-1875), was a Finnish-German astronomer, and professor of astronomy at Bonn, Germany.
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Aristarchus, ar ih STAHR kuhs, of Samos, was a Greek astronomer who lived from about 310 B.C.
See more »Barnard, Edward Emerson
Barnard, Edward Emerson (1857-1923), an American astronomer, became famous for his skill as an observer.
See more »Bell Burnell, Jocelyn
Bell Burnell, Jocelyn (1943-...), a British astronomer, was the first person to detect a pulsar.
See more »Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
Bessel, BEHS uhl, Friedrich Wilhelm (1784-1846), was a German astronomer and mathematician.
See more »Bondi, Sir Hermann
Bondi, Sir Hermann (1919-2005), was an Austrian-born British mathematician, astronomer, and physicist.
See more »Bowditch, Nathaniel
Bowditch, BOW dihch, Nathaniel (1773-1838), an American mathematician and astronomer, is known for his extensive revision of The Practical Navigator, which he renamed The New American Practical Navigator in 1802.
See more »Brahe, Tycho
Brahe, Tycho, brah or BRAH hee, TEE koh (1546-1601), was a Danish astronomer.
See more »Campbell, William Wallace
Campbell, William Wallace (1862-1938), an American astronomer, was director of the Lick Observatory in California from 1901 to 1923.
See more »Cannon, Annie Jump
Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941), was considered the leading American female astronomer of her generation.
See more »Cassini, Giovanni Domenico
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712), was an Italian-born French astronomer who discovered four moons of Saturn and a large gap in Saturn's ring system.
See more »Celsius, Anders
Celsius, SEHL see uhs, Anders (1701-1744), a Swedish astronomer, developed the Celsius scale.
See more »Copernicus, Nicolaus
Copernicus, Nicolaus, koh PUR nuh kuhs, nihk uh LAY uhs (1473-1543), was a Polish astronomer who developed the theory that the earth is a moving planet.
See more »De Sitter, Willem
De Sitter, Willem, duh SIHT uhr, WIHL uhm (1872-1934), was a noted Dutch astronomer.
See more »Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley
Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley (1882-1944), was a British astronomer who pioneered in the investigation of the internal structure of stars.
See more »Galileo
Galileo, gal uh LAY oh or gal uh LEE oh (1564-1642), an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist, has been called a founder of modern experimental science.
See more »Hale, George Ellery
Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938), was an American astronomer who pioneered in the development of instruments for studying the sun.
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