Aryabhata (476 CE – 550 CE) was the first Hindu mathematician and astronomers from India. He wrote couple of treatise about mathematics and astronomy. Some of them were lost. His most famous works Aryabhatiya completed in 499 CE and the Arya-Siddhanta. Aryabhatiya consists of 108 verses‚ in which Aryabhata wrote about the mathematics and astronomy at the age of 23 in 499 CE. He was born in India at Asmaka or Kusumapura in 476 CE. There is no clear evidence of the place of birth (Indian Streams
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Earth’s night sky. The Late Latin term constellātiō can be translated as "set with stars". The term was first used in astrology‚ of asterisms that supposedly exerted influence‚ attested in Ammianus (4th century). The modern system of constellations used in astronomy focuses primarily on constellations as grid-like segments of the celestial sphere rather than as patterns‚ while the term for a star-pattern isasterism. For example‚ the asterism known as the Big Dipper corresponds to the seven brightest stars of
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Hubble. Edwin Hubble was an extraordinary scientist‚ who helped create a space telescope that contributed to multiple discoveries and grew our understanding of the universe. The Hubble Space Telescope was and is an absolutely critical aspect to astronomy because it helped make many amazing discoveries in science. This space telescope explored places and objects‚ we never knew existed and it explained the answers to questions we never thought we’d have the answers too. The hubble space telescope is
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“This is a man’s world‚ but it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman” (Brown). This iconic song from James Brown is especially true in the field of astronomy as Jocelyn Bell is one of the very few women within its field accredited for making a significant contribution to its study. On top of this there are not too many contributions being made to astronomy in the 21st century‚ however‚ Jocelyn Bell is one of a select few who have made a modern day contribution to the field. Jocelyn Bell discovered the
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Jessica DeMoss DeMoss 1 Professor Aniol Astronomy 360‚ Term Paper 27 November 2014 Seeing Things Far Away as Though Nearby The main purpose of a telescope is to collect light. Telescopes are designed and built to gather specific kinds of information at different wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum‚ such as visible‚ infrared or millimeter wavelengths (Takunaga). The word “telescope”
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did the Renaissance change the way people thought about themselves? Renaissance thinkers were interested in man’s real nature and his place in the real world. Three good examples of this can be identified in Renaissance painting‚ literature‚ and astronomy. One area where Renaissance artists expressed their interest in human nature was in painting. Document A: “The clearest evidence if the break with medieval comes from the visual arts. In the Mona Lisa picture is well-defined landscapes‚ natural
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Galileo and Copernicus were two extremely influential astronomers. They believed in the heliocentric model of our solar system‚ or the idea that the planets revolved around the Sun. We all accept this model today as fact‚ but back in their time‚ the thought of it was pure blasphemy. The widely accepted idea at the time‚ as supported by the almighty Catholic Church‚ was the geocentric model. In this model‚ the Earth is central to nearly everything‚ and is orbited by the Sun‚ moon‚ and other special
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Sthanapati: Did you ever set up an Astronomical Observatory in the planetarium? Subramanian: Till now we are not having an observatory as such. Some 20 years ago‚ I had moved for procurement of Celetron C14 telescope‚ which is manufactured in USA. I wrote several times to them‚ on some excuse or the other‚ they were not giving me the quotation. Then I wrote to some German firm‚ who immediately responded. That is how I imported it‚ though American equipment from Germany. It has got several attachments
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appearance‚ any image of Aryabhata originates from an artist’s conception. Aryabhata (IAST: Āryabhaṭa; Sanskrit: आर्यभटः) (476–550 CE) was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya (499 CE‚ when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta. |Contents | |[hide]
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Biography Name While there is a tendency to misspell his name as "Aryabhatta" by analogy with other names having the "bhatta" suffix‚ his name is properly spelled Aryabhata: every astronomical text spells his name thus‚[1] including Brahmagupta’s references to him "in more than a hundred places by name".[2] Furthermore‚ in most instances "Aryabhatta" does not fit the metre either.[1] [edit] Birth Aryabhata mentions in the Aryabhatiya that it was composed 3‚600 years into the Kali Yuga‚ when
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