Who was the most influential person in the field of astonomy?
I need to find someone to do a research project on and I don't know who. Please help

Everyone in your class is going to do "most influential." I would write about a living woman, like Jean Mueller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mueller).

Here's the list of famous astronomers throughout history --

List of astronomers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronomers)

thank you :) love the idea that it's a woman too ^_^

thank you :) love the idea that it's a woman too ^_^
Since we are more aware lately of asteroids and meteors in the news, she might be fun to write about. Be sure to define asteroids and meteors and tells what the differences are.