Who was the first to accurately describe the rings of Saturn as a disc around the
planet in 1655?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Christiaan Huygens.
- Huygens, a highly gifted theoretical and experimental scientist, is best known for his work on the theories of centrifugal force, the wave theory of light, and the pendulum clock.
- In 1656, fourteen years after Galileo's death, Christiaan Huygens used a pendulum for a weight-driven clock with a crown wheel escapement, thereby inventing the first pendulum clock.