Saturday, April 7, 2012

Cosmic Pioneers - Rocks Stars of Astronomy

New designs for notable figures in the field of astronomy.
There are five designs so far

1 -Nicolaus Copernicus, representing his heliocentric model that places the Sun at the center of the universe.

2- Galileo Galilei, representing his discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, named the Galilean moons in his honor.

3 -  Edwin Hubble, representing his commonly used system for classifying galaxies by grouping them according to their appearance in photographic images.

4 - Carl Sagan, representing the voyage of Pioneer 10, which bore Sagans plaque containing a pictorial message in case the spacecraft was intercepted by extraterrestrial life. 

5- Stephen Hawking, representing his work and theoretical predictions concerning black holes.

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