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Pages in category "Ancient Greek astronomers" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Ancient Roman astronomers (4 P) Pages in category "Ancient astronomers" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Marc Davis (1947–) was lead astronomer of a survey of 50,000 high-redshift galaxies; ... Ptolemy (90–168) wrote the only surviving ancient text on astronomy, ...
Anaximander. The main features of Archaic Greek cosmology are shared with those found in ancient near eastern cosmology.They include (a flat) earth, a heaven (firmament) where the sun, moon, and stars are located, an outer ocean surrounding the inhabited human realm, and the netherworld (), the first three of which corresponded to the gods Ouranos, Gaia, and Oceanus (or Pontos).
These names of stars that have either been approved by the International Astronomical Union or which have been in somewhat recent use. IAU approval comes mostly from its Working Group on Star Names, which has been publishing a "List of IAU-approved Star Names" since 2016. As of April 2022, the list included a total of 451 proper names of stars. [1]
Phaenon (Ancient Greek: Φαίνων, romanized: Phainon, lit. 'the shining one'), associated with the god Cronus, Saturn to the Romans. Greek astronomers correctly observed that Saturn was the furthest of the naked-eye planets from the earth, and calculated its orbit at thirty years, only slightly greater than the actual period of 29.45 years ...