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Why Study Astronomy - SUMIT
Why Study Astronomy - SUMIT
Sumit S Waghmare
B.Sc. III Physics (355)
YC Institute of Science, Satara.
THREE GOALS
• Heliocentric Theory
•De Revoltuionbis Orbium Celestium – March
1543
•Earth revolves around an axis
Tycho Brahe
• Strong Opponent of
Copernicus
•A fantastic Observer
•Tycho’s Assistant
•Mathematician
•Three laws of
planetary Motion
•But what was force
behind it?
Galileo Galilee
•Really, an apple?