I think it’s ABE Sorry if it’s wrong
17-1800's
I know that James Hutton is considered a father of modern geology and he was born during some where in the 1720's so that's the closest answer, also Charles Lydel was born during the late 1790's.
Their change in position is caused by the movements of the tectonic plates.
Small antennas on the spacecraft can beam weak radio signals back to earth meaning it can in some way communicate
