Activity #3 Astronomer's time line

 

Activity #2 Famous Astronomers

Famous astronomers

Name:	Date of birth:	Date of dead:	Main thinking:	Image:
Charles Massier	He was born on the 26 June 1730.	He died on the 12 of April, 1817.	Charles Messier was a French astronomer known for compiling a catalogue of 110 objects in space
Ptolomeo	He was born on 100 dC.	He died on  170 d. C	Ptolemy believed that the earth occupied the center of the universe and that the moon, sun, planets, and stars revolved around it. And he was the one who solved the planetary motion
Tycho Brahe	He was born on 14 of December 1546.	He died on 24 of October, 1601.	Tycho was the first astronomer to perceive the refraction of light, make a complete table, and correct his astronomical measurements for this effect.
Nicolás Copérnico	He was born on 19 of February 1473.	He died on 24 of May, 1543.	first to pose a heliocentric version of the Solar System. At that time the belief was that the Earth was in the center, and all the heavenly bodies revolved  around it
Galileo Galilei	He was born on 15 of February de 1564.	He died on 8 of January, 1642.	The improvement of the telescope, a great variety of astronomical observations, the first law of motion and a decisive support for the "Copernicus Revolution." He has been regarded as the "father of modern astronomy"