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noun • Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642) | ||||||||
20% | 8 | On watch, man on board provides telescope part | ||||||
noun • combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | ||||||||
20% | 6 | Telescope name | ||||||
noun • United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953) | ||||||||
Telescope Pioneer
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