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America got is name from Amerigo Vespucci, who was a financier, navigator, explorer, and cartographer (but NOT an astronomer). Martin Waldseemüller, a German cosmologist and cartographer used a form of the Latin version of Vespucci's name to label the newly discovered lands of the Western Hemisphere.
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Who is hubble?
Edwin Hubble was a American astronomer, the Hubble telescope is named after him.
When was Pluto the dwarf planet discovered?
An American astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930
What American astronomer was the hubble space telescope named after?
The Hubble space telescope was named after Edwin Hubble (20.November 1889-28 September 1953).
What telescope was named after an American astronaut?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble. He was not an astronaut. Edwin Hubble was an astronomer, not an astronaut, who discovered the expansion of the universe.
What part of Saturn is named after the astronomer who discovered Tethys?
It is the gap in the ring system called the Cassini Division, named after the astronomer Cassini.
Which astronomer's treatise was named 'Panchasiddhantika'?
The astronomer whose treatise was named 'Panchasiddhantika' was Varahamihira, an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of astronomy.
What astronomer was America named after?
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was not specifically an astronomer, but he was a navigator, and explorer, who used astronomy to find where he was going.
What is the name of a crater of the moon named after a German astronomer?
Stöfler is one, named for Johannes Stöffler.
What was hubble named after?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer that discovered that galaxies outside of the Local Group are moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distances.
America was named after this astronomer?
America was not named after an astronomer. It is believed that America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was an explorer, navigator, and cartographer. For more information, please see the Related Link below.
What was the telescope hubble named after?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer that discovered that galaxies outside of the Local Group are moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distances.
Who named the constellation Ara?
The Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, named the constellation Ara.
