... Adams, John Couch 1819-1892 . English astronomer and mathematician. ... Barnard, Edward Emerson 1857-1923 . American astronomer. ... Bode, Johann 1747-1826 . German astronomer. ...
... Based on the Hubble observations, astronomers estimate the belt contains at least ... Saturn -- was first hypothesized more than 40 years ago by astronomer Gerard Kuiper ...
... For centuries astronomers wondered whether they were clouds floating in the Sun's atmosphere, but we now know that they really ... Because sunlight is so bright, astronomers can filter it down to a narrow band of color emitted by some specific atom ...
... through Saturn's ring plane, an event that provides astronomers an opportunity to discover new satellites that are normally ... Astronomers discovered 13 of Saturn's moons during ring-plane crossings from 1655 to 1980. ...
... Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars. ... In the 17th century, astronomers pointed a new device called the telescope at the heavens and made startling discoveries. ...
... Discover how Aristarchus, a Greek astronomer around 230 BC, used a simple ... Stories and extras: About Aristarchus, an early Greek astronomer. ... Stargazers" comes back to this astronomer in section (9a) in connection with his ...