An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.
Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws. Today, that distinction has mostly disappeared and the terms "astronomer" and "astrophysicist" are interchangeable. Professional astronom...
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People With This Profession:
- Hervé Faye ,
- Max Tegmark ,
- Étienne Léopold Trouvelot ,
- Carl Sagan ,
- Patrick Moore ,
- Isaac Newton ,
- Samuel Pierpont Langley ,
- Johannes Kepler ,
- Johannes Hevelius ,
- Simon Marius
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- astronomer
