Astronomers and Scientists

Hipparchus (Ancient Greek Astoronomer) B.C.190-B.C.120（About) 　 ESA has launched Hipparcos(1989-062B) This stamp commemorates opening of the Evghenides Planetarim (Greecee, 1965, SC#835)

Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish Astoronomer) 1473-1543 Germany has lauched 3 Kopernikus (1989-041B, 1990-063B, 1992-066A) European Earth Observation Program GMES will be renamed to Kopernikus. 　 （Poland,1969,SC#1661）

Tycho Brahe (Danish Astoronomer) 1546-1601 （Denmark,1946,SC#300）

Galileo Galilei (Italian Scientist) 1564-1642 　 US has launched Jupiter Explorer Galileo (1989-084B) Europe now developping navigation system named Galileo. （Left : Italia,1983,SC#1558 　　　　Right : St.Vincent, 2005)

Johannes Kepler (Austrian Scientist) 1571-1630 NASA will launch Kepler on 16 Feb, 2009. （Austria,1953,SC#B282）

Giovanni Domenico Cassini (Italian Astronomer) 1629-1695 Cassini discovered several satellites of Jupiter. NASA has launched Saturn Explorer Cassini. (1997-061A) (Mozambique, 2000)

Christiaan Huygens (Dutch Astronomer) 1629-1695 Huygens discovered Titan (satellite of Saturn). (Djibouti, 2006)

Isaac Newton (British Scientist) 1642-1727 ESA has launched X-ray Telescope XMM-Newton. (1999-066A) （Left : Monaco,1987,SC#1601 　 Right : St.Vincent, 2005)

Edmond Halley (British Astronomer) 1656-1742 （British Antarctic Territory, 1986, SC#129）

Herschel (British Astronomer) 1738-1822 Herschel is discoverer of Uranus. ESA will launch Scientific Satellite Herschel on Dec. 2008 (Ivory Coast, 1986, SC#C100)

Edwin Powell Hubble (US Astronomer) 1889-1953 　 NASA has launched Hubble Telescope. (1990-037B) (Djibouti, 2006)

Hisashi Kimura (Japanese Astronomer) 1873-1940 　(Japan, 1952, SC#494)

Stephen William Hawking (British Scientist) 1942- 　 (Palau, 2000)

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