2006-10-25 21:53:58 · 23 answers · asked by SANJAY M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I can't remember his name but I do know
that he was Greek.
2006-10-25 22:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by popo dean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Hindu's
Hindu Indian astronomers were the first to began study of astronomy.
Nalanda University the oldest university of world in India provided study of astronomy as a subject.
Some Hindu Indian astronomers Aryabhatta,Brahmagupta,Bhaskaracharya......etc.
2006-10-28 11:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by ADITYA S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancient peoples have been studying the skies and the movements of the stars throughout all of recorded history. This was a way for them to keep and measure time, which was important in societies where you needed to know the proper time to plant and harvest, to predict the yearly flood of the river Nile in Egypt, etc. Many also used the movements of the stars for divination, as in astrology, which in turn contributed to astronomical knowledge.
So when trying to answer who the first one was, the person who said it was a caveman is probably quite right, although his actual name might be open to dispute! ;-)
2006-10-26 05:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anna S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a Rishi from ancient India, who understood very quickly that what is out there in the universe must also be matter and must have some order and something or maybe SOMEONE keeping it all. Then He proceeded to look inward and discover the Vedic truths of all existence in the universe, ofcourse He who was first wasn't the only one. God was the first however, for the Rishi would not have discovered anything without the existence of God to complement His search for eternal truths.
2006-10-26 05:01:07 · answer #4 · answered by dontkno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people were probably looking at and wondering about the stars since the very beginning so saying who the very first astronomer was depends on your definition of it. the first astronomer could be said to be aristarchus of samos who, according to wikipedia, was the first known person to propound the heliocentric model of universe. He also attempted to calculate the sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon.
2006-10-28 09:40:20 · answer #5 · answered by akitin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THe first astronomer was the stone age guy who looked up and noticed the stars. The first astonomical discovery was when people observed patterns in the sky. This told them that the stars were actual objects and were relatively stationary.
2006-10-27 07:33:35 · answer #6 · answered by si11y13yte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prussian astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel .
2006-10-26 05:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
galileo was the first astronomer who began the study of universe.
2006-10-26 08:07:52 · answer #8 · answered by nishit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, this has been done since ancient times. Probably by the first man of intelligence who looked up into the sky at night, and wondered why. And this man may well NOT have even been in the same Homo sapiens SPECIES, he may well have been in an earlier HOMO species. To ask for a name, is too much to ask for. Perhaps you should rephrase your question, considering what I have said above in my answer. THEN maybe we can get you a real name of a real person.
2006-10-26 05:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Astronomy stared in olden/ancient days, but that was to find out about the sun nd planets, so v cannot say who exactly began the study of universe.
2006-10-28 11:16:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shapley and Curtis had the Great Debate in 1917 about the size of the Universe, and whether or not the spiral nebulae were part of our galaxy, or were 'island universes' separate from our own.
In 1929 Hubble measured the distances to other galaxies, and firmly confirmed they were separate conglomerates of stars.
2006-10-26 08:41:05 · answer #11 · answered by Morgy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋