Daily Archives: September 16, 2024

Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on September 16, 2024 by jasonljohnson465

I chose the Astronomer Isaac Newton. Photo of Sir Isaac Newton Historical Events: The End of the English Civil War: It ended on September 3rd, 1651 with Oliver Cornwall’s victory at Worcester. It was a war that occurred in the British Isles between the supporters of Charles I and opposing groups in each of Charle’s […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Catherine Sack

Isaac Newton was important for astronomy because he introduced the concept of gravity and how planets orbits around the sun. He developed three laws for motion and a law for gravitation. His findings changed the operations and understanding of the universe. The ending of the Thirty Years’ War and the second Anglo-Dutch war starting in […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context: Galileo Galilei

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Henry Wang

Galileo (1564-1642) was important to astronomy for many reasons. Galileo invented one of the first versions of a telescope, based on a spyglass, that he used to view the sky. His first major discovery was that the moon isn’t smooth, it has mountains, craters, and features on its surface. He then discovered many interesting things, […] Continue reading →

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Sextants in Celestial Navigation

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Leo Silva

Blog #2 – Leo Celestial navigation– also known as “astronavigation”– is a practice of nearly 4,000 years (HistoryHit, How Celestial Navigation Changed Maritime History) where an individual can determine their location in space or the Earth’s surface using the positions of other celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon, other planets, and stars. Throughout history, […] Continue reading →

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