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The scientific study of planets, stars, black holes, comets and other celestial bodies that make up outer space.
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Hipparchus
Astronomy; Mathematical astronomy
Greek astronomer who made the first known chart of the stars and planets. He calculated the sizes of the Sun and the Moon.
Pythagoras
Astronomy; Mathematical astronomy
Greek philosopher who believed that all things in nature could be understood through mathematics. He used mathematical principles in astronomy.
mathematical astronomy
Astronomy; Mathematical astronomy
Mathematical astronomy is the science of using mathematical equations to describe the universe or to predict various aspects of the universe.
Bakt'un
Astronomy; Mathematical astronomy
It's a cycle from the Mayan calendar. A b'ak'tun is 20 Katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The ...
holographic universe
Astronomy; Mathematical astronomy
The scientific conjecture that the universe is just one big 3D projection of a 2D flat universe. First proposed in 1997 by theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena, the holographic ...
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