Packet 11: Tossup 17

STS-61 added COSTAR to a project named after this scientist, fixing (15[1])a (15[1])faulty (15[1])mechanism. The Friedmann (15[1])equation states (15[1])that critical density (15[1])is proportional to the square of a quantity (15[2])named (15[1])after this scientist. (15[1])In 2018, (15[2])theologian Georges (15[1])Lemaître’s (-5[1])(“uh-MET-ruhs”) name (15[1])was added to a law named for this (15[1])scientist. The (*) Deep Field images were produced by a project named after this (10[2])scientist. Elliptical and spiral Galaxies are sorted in a “tuning (10[1])fork” (10[1])classification (10[1])system published by this scientist. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the James Webb Space Telescope succeeded a device named for what astronomer? ■END■

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