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Born July 28, 1867 • Steubenville • Ohio
Died June 21, 1951 (aged 83) • Argentina
Subjects Of Study Jupiter • solar parallax
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Seth Barnes Nicholson
American astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
illustration of Robert Hooke's law of elasticity of materials
Robert Hooke
British scientist
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Jacques Cassini
French astronomer
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Niccolò Zucchi
Italian astronomer
Adam Riess
Adam Riess
American astronomer
Brian P. Schmidt.
Brian P. Schmidt
American-born Australian astronomer
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William Cranch Bond
American astronomer
Barnard's star
Edward Emerson Barnard
American astronomer
Hall, Asaph
Asaph Hall
American astronomer
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch scientist and mathematician
Gian Domenico Cassini.
Gian Domenico Cassini
French astronomer
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, 1967
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astronomer
Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer
Lassell, William
William Lassell
British astronomer
Gill, Sir David
Sir David Gill
Scottish astronomer
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Simon Marius
German astronomer
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Samuel Molyneux
British astronomer

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