[PAR] [TLE] Jeremiah Horrocks [SEP] Jeremiah Horrocks (1618 – 3 January 1641), sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox (the Latinised version that he used on the Emmanuel College register and in his Latin manuscripts), 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 person to predict the transit of Venus of 1639, an event which he and his friend William Crabtree were the only two people to observe and record. [PAR] [TLE] Transit of Venus, 1639 [SEP] The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639 by the English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend and correspondent William Crabtree.  The pair made their observations independently on 4 December that year (24 November under the Julian calendar then used in England); Horrocks from Carr House, then in the village of Much Hoole, Lancashire, and Crabtree from his home in Broughton, near Manchester.
[PAR] [TLE] Jeremiah Horrocks [ SEP ] Jeremiah Horrocks ( 1618 – 3 January 1641 ) , sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox ( the Latinised version that he used on the Emmanuel College register and in his Latin manuscripts ) , 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 person to predict the transit of Venus of 1639 , an event which he and his friend William Crabtree were the only two people to observe and record . [PAR] [TLE] Transit of Venus , 1639 [ SEP ] The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639 by the English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend and correspondent William Crabtree . The pair made their observations independently on 4 December that year ( 24 November under the Julian calendar then used in England ) ; Horrocks from Carr House , then in the village of Much Hoole , Lancashire , and Crabtree from his home in Broughton , near Manchester .
When did the English astronomer born in 1618 demonstrate that the moon moved around the earth?
When did the English astronomer born in 1618 demonstrate that the moon moved around the earth ?
4 December
4 December