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Famous Astronomers - William Herschel, Hipparchus, ...

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1) What is Wilhelm Beer famous for?

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.

True
False


7) Did John Herschel and James South publish a catalog of double stars?

Yes
No


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.

True
False


10) Who first made a map of the light and dark areas of Mars?

Le Verrier
Mädler and Beer
Sir William Herschel
Nicolaus Copernicus



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