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Famous Astronomers: Hans Lippershey, Aristotle, ...

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1) ... invented the reflecting telescope and ... built the first reflecting telescope.

James Gregory ___ John Hadley
John Hadley ___ James Gregory


2) ... pioneered radio astronomy.

Henry Norris Russell
Karl Gothe Jansky
Stephen Hawking


3) Who assigned the Greek letters of the alphabet to the stars to help name them?

Johannes Bayer
Aristotle
Hubble


4) ... developed a theory of how the universe initially formed - the Big Bang Theory.

Georges MeLaitre
Georges LeMaitre
Stephen Hawking


5) Pick the true statement:

Aristotle was a German astronomer.
Aristotle was an Italian mathematician.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher.


6) Who published Uranometria and used Greek letters of the alphabet to name the stars?

Johannes Bayer
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler


7) Who formulated an equation to estimate the possible number of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy?

Frank Drake
Henry Draper
Edwin Powell Hubble


8) Frank Drake was the first person to take a photograph of a distant astronomical object in 1880.

True
False


9) Edwin Powell Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding.

Correct
Incorrect


10) Hans Lippershey applied for a patent for a reflecting telescope.

True
False



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