Jeremiah Horrocks
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 383 years ago |
| Born | Toxteth |
| Liverpool | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | January 3,1641 |
| Died | Liverpool |
| United Kingdom | |
| Known for | The Transit of Venus |
| Tide | |
| Elliptic orbit | |
| Orbit of the Moon | |
| Venus | |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge | |
| Books | Opera posthuma |
| The transit of Venus across the sun | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1618 |
| Nationality | British |
| English | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 998004 |
Jeremiah Horrocks Life story
Jeremiah Horrocks, sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox, was an English astronomer. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit; and he was the only ...
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