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Bell Burnel, Jocelyn - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/bell.html
The radio astronomer who discovered what turned out to be neutron stars, also called pulsars. |
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StarChild: Dr. Stephen Hawking - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/hawking.html
Tells about the physicist known for his study of black holes. |
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Tombaugh, Clyde - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tombaugh.html
The discoverer of Pluto started out as an amateur who built his own telescopes. |
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Herschel, Caroline - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/herschel.html
A short biography of the first woman to discover a comet. |
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Adams, John Couch - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/adams.html
The first to mathematically predict an unknown planet, his calculations were ignored and someone else discovered Neptune. |
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Le Verrier, Urbain - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/leverrier.html
The French astronomer whose mathematical predictions led to the discovery of Neptune. |
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Halley, Edmond - http://sirius.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xhalley.html
Sir Edmond Halley did more than calculate the return of the comet named after him. Learn more about his work with the motion of stars, and his study of Mercury and Venus. |
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Ptolemy - http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/ptolemybio.htm
An astronomer, mathematician and geographer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little more of his life. He classified the Greek geocentric view of the universe, and calculated the apparent motions of the planets. |
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Famous Astronomers - http://library.thinkquest.org/23830/astronomers.htm
Features profiles of various astronomers of fame, from Galileo to Ptolemy. |