What Do You Know About Famous Astronomers? (2)

In which constellation was the supernova that Tycho Brahe observed?

What was Henrietta Leavitt's main contribution to astronomy?

What saying did Annie Cannon use to help remember the star classification system?

Isaac Newton is credited with discovering gravity.

What disease does Stephen Hawking live with?

What did Annie Cannon spend her time discovering?

What is Drake known for?

The Hale Telescope is a(n)

What did Alan Guth discover?

Gerard Kuiper discovered the 5th moon of Uranus.  WHat is the name of the moon?

What did Einstein originally win the Nobel Prize for?

What was William Hartmann's biggest contribution?

Nicolaus Copernicus proved that the solar system revolves around the sun.

Jocelyn Burnell discovered pulsars while working on what instrument?

What does the photoelectric effect state?

What was Johannes Kepler's mother accused of?

What was the spiral nebulae?

Ejnar Hertzsprung created a way to classify stars and their ages.

What project did Harmann work on in Colorado?

What is heliocentrism?

What sparked Jocelyn Bell Burnell's interest in astronomy?

What were the stars that Leavitt studied?

What astronomer founded Uranus?

Henry Russell confirmed that most stars are composed of which gas?

What did Edwin Hubble help to discover using the Hooker Telescope?

What was the theory that Aristarchus came up with?

What two types of stars did Henry Russell distinguish between?

What does Neil Degrasse Tyson do?

Ejnar Hertzsprung discovery many of these objects.

Hubble's research helped scientists today work to disprove the Big Bang Theory.

What was Caroline Herschel most famous for?

What planet did Tyson change into a dwarf planet?

What was Arthur Eddington?

Who did Galileo criticize in his teachings?

Who sparked Caroline Herschel's interest in Astronomy?

What did William Herschel become president of?

In addition to his equation, what did Drake develop?

Throughout his science career, George Hale suffered from...

At what college does Alan Guth currently work?

What theory did Hawking create, stating that black holes emit radiation and heat?