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Shakespere's astronomy **__ Zach Polonsky  __** **__ Snow  __** I rush down the mountain Knee deep in the snow I’ve loved these powder days Since a long time ago The snow is falling hard I don’t think it will stop The flakes are very large  On my goggles they do plop **__ Elizabethan Astronomy  __** There were many astronomical advances in the renaissance period/ the Elizabethan Era. The founder of modern astronomy was a man called Copernicus (1473-1543). Copernicus invented the idea that the Earth spins on an axis and that all of the planets revolve around the sun, along with reasons why this is so. Then came Galileo (1564-1642) who invented the world's first telescope. He discovered Venus, going through phases according to its position in relation to the sun; Jupiter, having many revolving moons or satellites; and the Milky Way, being composed of millions of stars. The German, Kepler (1571-1630), was another genius. This man used mathematics to discover the movement of the planets.Clearly, the Elizabethan times sparked the beginning of the world's greatest astronomical discoveries.