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Famous Astronomers - Gerard Peter Kuiper, Johannes Kepler, ...

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1) Did John Herschel make much of his astronomical observations from Cape Town (South Africa)?

Yes
No


2) Johannes Kepler's treatise about the optics of a telescope was called ...

Narratio de Jovis Satellitibus
Dioptrice


3) Johann Madler and Wilhelm Beer published maps of Mercury and Venus.

Correct
Incorrect


4) Pick the true statement:

Johannes Kepler discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
Johannes Kepler discovered the three laws of lunar motion.
Johannes Kepler discovered the three laws of solar motion.


5) Did John C. Adams and Joseph Le Verrier independently discover Neptune within a week of each other?

Yes
No


6) Gerard Peter Kuiper proved that the polar icecaps of Mars are made of frozen water - not carbon dioxide.

True
False


7) Pick the correct statement:

Gerard Peter Kuiper accurately measured the diameter of Plutos moon.
Gerard Peter Kuiper accurately measured the diameter of one of Neptunes moons.
Gerard Peter Kuiper accurately measured the diameter of one of Jupiters moons.
None of these are correct


8) Johannes Kepler wrote the following 3 treatises:

  • Conversation with Galileo
  • Narration Concerning the Saturnian Satellites
  • Dri-optics

True
False


9) Halley had no interest in applying his astronomical observations for practical, everyday use.

True
False


10) Johannes Kepler wrote De Stella Nova (On the New Star) in 1806.

True
False



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