Famous Astronomers

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A brass telescope on a tripod next to an armillary sphere in an observatory.

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A	H	S	H	A	W	K	I	N	G	O	E
G	A	R	T	I	B	R	O	T	P	G	L
A	R	L	E	H	C	S	R	E	H	D	N
N	B	A	B	L	Q	C	R	F	I	I	E
H	O	P	P	U	P	N	N	S	I	L	O
A	E	M	T	T	I	E	C	A	B	E	N
L	L	O	A	C	O	O	K	B	R	O	V
L	I	H	U	O	V	L	U	L	T	J	S
E	L	S	K	E	N	H	E	W	X	W	Z
Y	A	H	R	Y	E	S	E	M	O	N	C
Z	G	Y	D	R	I	N	H	V	Y	T	P

BRAHE
COPERNICUS
DISCOVERY
GALILEO
HALLEY
HAWKING
HERSCHEL
HUBBLE
KEPLER
NEWTON
ORBIT
PTOLEMY
SAGAN
TELESCOPE

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The thinkers who figured out how the sky works, from ancient Ptolemy to modern voices like Sagan and Hawking. You'll track down Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton along the way. It's a great tie-in for science and history classes. Solve it online or print it for a lesson on astronomy's big names.

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S	E	T	E	L	E	S	C	O	P	E	C
A	H	S	H	A	W	K	I	N	G	O	E
G	A	R	T	I	B	R	O	T	P	G	L
A	R	L	E	H	C	S	R	E	H	D	N
N	B	A	B	L	Q	C	R	F	I	I	E
H	O	P	P	U	P	N	N	S	I	L	O
A	E	M	T	T	I	E	C	A	B	E	N
L	L	O	A	C	O	O	K	B	R	O	V
L	I	H	U	O	V	L	U	L	T	J	S
E	L	S	K	E	N	H	E	W	X	W	Z
Y	A	H	R	Y	E	S	E	M	O	N	C
Z	G	Y	D	R	I	N	H	V	Y	T	P

S	E	T	E	L	E	S	C	O	P	E	C
A	H	S	H	A	W	K	I	N	G	O	E
G	A	R	T	I	B	R	O	T	P	G	L
A	R	L	E	H	C	S	R	E	H	D	N
N	B	A	B	L	Q	C	R	F	I	I	E
H	O	P	P	U	P	N	N	S	I	L	O
A	E	M	T	T	I	E	C	A	B	E	N
L	L	O	A	C	O	O	K	B	R	O	V
L	I	H	U	O	V	L	U	L	T	J	S
E	L	S	K	E	N	H	E	W	X	W	Z
Y	A	H	R	Y	E	S	E	M	O	N	C
Z	G	Y	D	R	I	N	H	V	Y	T	P

Famous Astronomers

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