Synonym: stargazer, uranologist. Similar words: strong, economy, economic, autonomy, economics, economist, patron, economically. Meaning: [ə'strɒnəmə] n. a physicist who studies astronomy.
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121 In the 1840s an astronomer called Urbain Le Verrier noticed there was something wrong with the orbit of Mercury. The main axis of the planet's orbital ellipse shifts each time it goes round the sun.
122 In 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus said that the Earth and all of the other planets revolve around the Sun .
123 German astronomer Johannes Kepler used these modern logarithms to calculate the orbit of Mars at the start of the 17th century.
124 Named after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), American astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in the development of heavier-than-air craft.
125 Pimping a bifocal and all the bearing of a Hogwarts faculty member,(http://sentencedict.com/astronomer.html) 88-year-old amateur astronomer and TV personality Sir Patrick Moore has contributed vocals to a track by musician Carl Cape.
126 Together, the results confirm suspicions that the blue stragglers emerged from collisions and mass transfers, says astronomer Alison Sills of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.
127 Nearly 100 years ago , the astronomer , Schiaparelli , thought the marking to be canals.
128 Tycho Brahe: An important Danish astronomer of the 16th century. His ground breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to come up with the theory of gravity.
129 His father was Sir Frederick William Herschel, the most eminent astronomer of the age, who discovered Uranus, the only new planet to be seen in the heavens since the classical era.
130 For example, when the astronomer Copernicus proposed a heliocentric view of the world, it was rejected because it did not conform to established religious doctrine.
131 Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
132 Competition judge and ROG Public Astronomer, Dr Marek Kukula said: ’This beautiful picture perfectly combines the awe-inspiring vista of the night sky with life here on Earth.
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