Jeremiah Horrocks
English astronomer
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Jeremiah Horrocks, sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox, was an English astronomer. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit; and he was the only ... Wikipedia
Born: 1618, Toxteth, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: January 3, 1641 (age 23 years), Toxteth, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Books: Opera posthuma, The transit of Venus across the sun, Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And Made Easy to Those who Have Not Studied Mathematics. To which are Added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761. An Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of the Transit of Venus in the Year 1639: And, of the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, as Deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761, and more
Nationality: British and English
Known for: Transit of Venus; Tides; Elliptical orbit; Lunar orbit
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