Indian Astronomical Observations and Discoveries
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Number of Questions: 15 | |
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Who was the first Indian astronomer to propose that the Earth rotates on its axis?
Which Indian astronomer calculated the value of pi to be 3.1416?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to observe and describe the phenomenon of solar eclipses?
Which Indian astronomer developed a theory of planetary motion that was later adopted by Copernicus?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to observe and describe the phenomenon of lunar eclipses?
Which Indian astronomer developed a method for calculating the position of the planets using trigonometry?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to propose that the Earth is round?
Which Indian astronomer developed a theory of gravity that was later adopted by Newton?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to observe and describe the phenomenon of comets?
Which Indian astronomer developed a method for calculating the time of sunrise and sunset?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to observe and describe the phenomenon of meteors?
Which Indian astronomer developed a method for calculating the distance to the Moon?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to observe and describe the phenomenon of aurora borealis?
Which Indian astronomer developed a method for calculating the time of lunar eclipses?
Who was the first Indian astronomer to observe and describe the phenomenon of sunspots?