Scientist Flashcards
(19 cards)
Proposed Geocentric model
Eudoxus
Showed earth centered universe
Ptolemy
Heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus
Law of planetary Motion
Johannes Kepler
First observatory and card catalog
Tycho Brahe
Law of universal gravitation
Sir Isaac Newton
Used telescope to observe sky
Galileo Galilei
Theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
Suggested that celestial objects were formed from nebula
Immanuel Kant
Strengthened the nebular hypothesis
Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace
Small solid body revolves around the gaseous molecule called Planetesimal theory
Forest Ray Moulton & T.C. Chamberlin
Sun as surviving star
R.A Lyttleton
Thory of dust-cloud
Fred. L.Whipple
Demonstrated galaxie using 100-inch reflecting telescope
Edwin Hubble
Discovered the first quasar
Maarten Schmidt
Theory of Dust-cloud
Fred L. Whipple
Demonstrated existence of galaxie using his 100 inch reflecting telescope
Edwin Hubble
Discovered Pulsars
Jocelyn Bell