What were the other contributions of Fredrick Herschel to astronomy, besides his discovery of the planet Uranus?
Frederick Herschel, the German-British astronomer, was born in Hanover. At first, he was a musician, then took up astronomy and made a reflecting telescope in 1774. He discovered the planet Uranus, which he called ‘Georgium Sidus’ and in 1782, he was appointed astronomer to King George III. He also discovered 2 satellites of Saturn, the rotation of Saturn’s rings and the motions of binary stars.
Who was Aryabhatta, after whom India’s First satellite was named?
Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D.) was an astronomer and mathematician at the court of King Chandragupta Vikramaditya.
What was the contribution of the Indian astronomer and mathematician Aryabhatta?
Aryabhatta worked out a highly precise value for the Earth’s circumference. He also discovered the causes of solar and lunar eclipses and pointed on that the Sun is stationary and the Earth rotates.