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| *] (United Kingdom, 1915-2001) | *] (United Kingdom, 1915-2001) | ||
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| *] (Netherlands, 1629-1695) | *] (Netherlands, 1629-1695) | ||
| *] (Germany, 1571-1630) | *] (Germany, 1571-1630) | ||
| *] (Netherlands & USA, 1905-1973) | *] (Netherlands & USA, 1905-1973) | ||
| *] (France, 1713-1762) | *] (France, 1713-1762) | ||
| *] (Germany, 1728-1777) | *] (Germany, 1728-1777) | ||
| *] (France, 1749-1827) | *] (France, 1749-1827) | ||
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| *] (USA, 1855-1916) | *] (USA, 1855-1916) | ||
| *] (United Kingdom, 1643-1727) | *] (United Kingdom, 1643-1727) | ||
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| *] (Johannes Müller, Germany, ]-1476) | *] (Johannes Müller, Germany, ]-1476) | ||
| *] (Prussia, Germany 1511-1553) | *] (Prussia, Germany 1511-1553) | ||
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Scientist whose area of research is astronomy.
Famous astronomers include:
- John Couch Adams (Britain, 1819-1892)
- Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572-1625)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784-1846)
- Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546-1601)
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (France, 1625-1712)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri (Italy, 1598-1647)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (Poland, 1473-1543)
- Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1564-1642)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777-1855)
- Asaph Hall (USA, 1829-1907)
- Hipparchus (Nicea, circa 190-120 B.C.)
- Fred Hoyle (United Kingdom, 1915-2001)
- Edwin Hubble (USA, 1920s)
- Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629-1695)
- Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571-1630)
- Gerard Kuiper (Netherlands & USA, 1905-1973)
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713-1762)
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (Germany, 1728-1777)
- Pierre Simon Laplace (France, 1749-1827)
- Henrietta Leavitt (1910s)
- Percival Lowell (USA, 1855-1916)
- Isaac Newton (United Kingdom, 1643-1727)
- Peter Nilson (Sweden, 1937-1998)
- Ptolemy of Alexandria (Roman Egypt, c. 85 - c. 165)
- Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller, Germany, 1436-1476)
- Erasmus Reinhold (Prussia, Germany 1511-1553)
- Grote Reber (USA, 1930s-1940s)
- Carl Sagan (USA, 1934-1996)
- Harlow Shapley, (USA, 1910s)
- Clyde Tombaugh (USA, 1906-1997)