Tycho Brahe

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Born	December 14, 1546 • Denmark
Died	October 24, 1601 (aged 54) • Prague
Notable Works	“De nova stella”
Subjects Of Study	Cassiopeia • Tycho’s Nova • Tychonic system • star • measurement
Role In	Scientific Revolution

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German astronomer

Claude-Louis Mathieu

French astronomer and mathematician

Ejnar Hertzsprung

Danish astronomer

Christian Longomontanus

Danish astronomer

Johannes Kepler

German astronomer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish astronomer

Hipparchus

Greek astronomer

William Herschel

British-German astronomer

Edmond Halley

British scientist

Christiaan Huygens

Dutch scientist and mathematician

Arthur Eddington

British scientist

Eudoxus of Cnidus

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Franz Xaver von Zach

German-Hungarian astronomer

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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Jean-Sylvain Bailly

French astronomer

Otto Struve

American astronomer

Karl Schwarzschild

German astronomer

Gerard Peter Kuiper

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