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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.