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Astronomers

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ASTRONOMERS IN HISTORY

WHO WERE THE GREAT ASTRONOMERS
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SOME OF THE ASTRONOMERS ARE

  • Aristotle
  • Aristarchus
  • Ptolemy
  • Copernicus
  • Kepler
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MORE...

  • Galileo galilei
  • Newton
  • Hubble
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ARISTOTLE

ASTRONOMER #1

INFO

  • Was a greek philosopher
  • Born in Stagirus,384 B.C.E
  • Father died when he was a an early age
  • Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian
  • Died 322 B.C.E (age 62)
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ARISTARCHUS

ASTRONOMER #2

INFO:

  • Greek astronomer
  • Mathematician
  • Discovered earth rotating around sun

PTOLEMY

ASTRONOMER #3
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INFO:

  • Greco-roman writer
  • Astronomer
  • Geographer
  • Poet
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COPERNICUS

ASTRONOMER #4

INFO

  • Renaissance mathematician
  • heliocentric model of the universe
  • placed the Sun, rather than the Earth
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KEPLER

ASTRONOMER #5
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INFO

  • German mathematician
  • Astronomer
  • Astrologer
  • Discovered planet rotation
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GALILEO GALILEI

ASTRONOMER #6
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INFO

  • Italian physicist
  • Mathmaticion
  • Astronomer
  • Philosopher
  • He improved the telescope
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NEWTON

EXTRA ASTRONOMER #1
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INFO

  • English physicist
  • Mathematician
  • Formulated laws of motion
  • Very well known
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HUBBLE

EXTRA ASTRONOMER #2

INFO

  • American astronomer
  • recessional velocity of a galaxy increases
  • Created laws
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