British Famous Astronomers MCQs with Answers
Who developed the three laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of Uranus and his work on cataloging nebulae and star clusters?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel
Who developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity and temperature of stars?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Isaac Newton
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the redshift in galaxies and the expansion of the universe?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: B) Edwin Hubble
Who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Neptune and his calculations of its position?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) John Couch Adams
Answer: D) John Couch Adams
Who developed the first successful model of a heliocentric solar system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which British astronomer is known for his work on the classification of stars and the development of the stellar spectral classification system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Annie Jump Cannon
Answer: D) Annie Jump Cannon
Who developed the laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of equal areas?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Johannes Kepler
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: B) Johannes Kepler
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Uranus and his contributions to the field of telescopes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel
Who developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity and temperature of stars?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Isaac Newton
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the redshift in galaxies and the expansion of the universe?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: B) Edwin Hubble
Who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Neptune and his calculations of its position?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) John Couch Adams
Answer: D) John Couch Adams
Who developed the first successful model of a heliocentric solar system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which British astronomer is known for his work on the classification of stars and the development of the stellar spectral classification system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Annie Jump Cannon
Answer: D) Annie Jump Cannon
Who developed the laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of equal areas?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Johannes Kepler
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: B) Johannes Kepler
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Uranus and his contributions to the field of telescopes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel
Who developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity and temperature of stars?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Isaac Newton
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the redshift in galaxies and the expansion of the universe?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: B) Edwin Hubble
Who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Neptune and his calculations of its position?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) John Couch Adams
Answer: D) John Couch Adams
Who developed the first successful model of a heliocentric solar system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which British astronomer is known for his work on the classification of stars and the development of the stellar spectral classification system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Annie Jump Cannon
Answer: D) Annie Jump Cannon
Who developed the laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of equal areas?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Johannes Kepler
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: B) Johannes Kepler
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Uranus and his contributions to the field of telescopes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel
Who developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity and temperature of stars?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Isaac Newton
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the redshift in galaxies and the expansion of the universe?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: B) Edwin Hubble
Who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Neptune and his calculations of its position?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) John Couch Adams
Answer: D) John Couch Adams
Who developed the first successful model of a heliocentric solar system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which British astronomer is known for his work on the classification of stars and the development of the stellar spectral classification system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Annie Jump Cannon
Answer: D) Annie Jump Cannon
Who developed the laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of equal areas?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Johannes Kepler
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: B) Johannes Kepler
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Uranus and his contributions to the field of telescopes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel
Who developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity and temperature of stars?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Isaac Newton
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the redshift in galaxies and the expansion of the universe?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: B) Edwin Hubble
Who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Neptune and his calculations of its position?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) John Couch Adams
Answer: D) John Couch Adams
Who developed the first successful model of a heliocentric solar system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which British astronomer is known for his work on the classification of stars and the development of the stellar spectral classification system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Annie Jump Cannon
Answer: D) Annie Jump Cannon
Who developed the laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of equal areas?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Johannes Kepler
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: B) Johannes Kepler
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Uranus and his contributions to the field of telescopes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel
Who developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity and temperature of stars?
A) Edwin Hubble
B) Isaac Newton
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the redshift in galaxies and the expansion of the universe?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: B) Edwin Hubble
Who developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Ejnar Hertzsprung
Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Neptune and his calculations of its position?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) John Couch Adams
Answer: D) John Couch Adams
Who developed the first successful model of a heliocentric solar system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which British astronomer is known for his work on the classification of stars and the development of the stellar spectral classification system?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Annie Jump Cannon
Answer: D) Annie Jump Cannon
Who developed the laws of planetary motion and formulated the law of equal areas?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Johannes Kepler
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: B) Johannes Kepler
Which British astronomer is known for his discovery of the planet Uranus and his contributions to the field of telescopes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Edwin Hubble
C) William Herschel
D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: C) William Herschel