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It was named for the Dutch astronomer, Jan Oort, though it was first hypothesized by Ernst Opik in 1932. Oort refined and re-introduced the idea in 1950.
The Hubble Telescope was named after its designer Edwin Hubble.
The first Indian satellite was named Aryabhata, launched on April 19, 1975. It was named after the ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer.
Halley's Comet is named after a guy's last name. He was Edmund HALLEY. The girl's name 'Haley' does not come into question.
The person who named Vega and Rigel was the famous Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi. Vega and Rigel are among the many stars he named in his "Book of Fixed Stars" in the 10th century.
Galileo
Plato, a Greek Philosopher who studied in Egypt.
Plato's Egyptian mentors are said to be the priests at the temple of Diospolis in Egypt, where he is believed to have studied various subjects, including mathematics, philosophy, and mythology. These priests are thought to have influenced his philosophical ideas, particularly on the concept of the afterlife and immortality of the soul.
The question may mean "Was the moon Europa named by Galileo?" The answer to that is NO. Galileo discovered this moon, but it was named by another astronomer, called Simon Marius.
It is known that in the Neolithic period, platonic solids were carved out of stone. The Greeks also studied them quite a bit. Of course, Plato also studied them and they are named after him. So it is not easy to answer the question how were they discovered, but it seems they were stone carvings.
It is the gap in the ring system called the Cassini Division, named after the astronomer Cassini.
The astronomer whose treatise was named 'Panchasiddhantika' was Varahamihira, an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of astronomy.
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.
They are named after the Greek philosopher Plato.
The Plato academy was named after the philosopher Plato, who founded it in Athens around 387 BC. It was a school of higher learning focused on philosophy, mathematics, and other subjects.
Stöfler is one, named for Johannes Stöffler.
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.