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His map of Mercury: Mappa Selenographica. His Moon map: Mappa Selenographica. His map of Mars: Mappa Selenographica.
2) Hipparchus (Hipparchos) discovered the precession of the equinoxes.
True False
3) Did Le Verrier suggest that an asteroid belt exists inside the orbit of planet Mercury?
Yes No
4) Pick the true statement:
Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the planets orbit around the Earth Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the planets orbit around the Sun
5) What is Johann Encke famous for?
Discovering a division in Jupiter's rings. Discovering a division in Saturns's rings. Discovering 3 moons of Jupiter.
6) Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
7) Did John Herschel and James South publish a catalog of double stars?
8) Christian Huygens discovered the true shape of Saturn's rings in 1659.
False True
9) Hipparchus and Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus) worked together on the first-ever star catalog.
10) Who first made a map of the light and dark areas of Mars?
Le Verrier Mädler and Beer Sir William Herschel Nicolaus Copernicus