USOEAstroEducObjectives.pdf
... L -Explain patterns of changes in the appearance of the moon as it orbits Earth. L -Demonstrate how the relative positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun create the appearance of the moon’s phases. S - Students will understand how Earth's tilt on its axis changes the length of daylight and creates ...
... L -Explain patterns of changes in the appearance of the moon as it orbits Earth. L -Demonstrate how the relative positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun create the appearance of the moon’s phases. S - Students will understand how Earth's tilt on its axis changes the length of daylight and creates ...
Lecture082802
... rotate underneath it. So to someone standing nearby the pendulum will appear to rotate, completing one revolution per day Now consider a pendulum at the equator which is swinging along the east-west line This pendulum will not rotate At latitudes in the middle, the pendulum will rotate with a period ...
... rotate underneath it. So to someone standing nearby the pendulum will appear to rotate, completing one revolution per day Now consider a pendulum at the equator which is swinging along the east-west line This pendulum will not rotate At latitudes in the middle, the pendulum will rotate with a period ...
SCI 103
... B) the Earth's rotation on its axis C) the motion of the Moon about the Earth D) the precession of the Earth's axis of rotation E) the Sun's motion through the stars 23) On the winter solstice, the Sun ______. A) crosses the Celestial equator moving southward B) crosses the Celestial equator moving ...
... B) the Earth's rotation on its axis C) the motion of the Moon about the Earth D) the precession of the Earth's axis of rotation E) the Sun's motion through the stars 23) On the winter solstice, the Sun ______. A) crosses the Celestial equator moving southward B) crosses the Celestial equator moving ...
Slide 1
... Heliocentric Theory because he thought the sun was the center of the universe. In Greek, “helios” means sun Galileo made additional observations using a telescope which supported the heliocentric theory. Galileo observed that Venus went through a full cycle of phase’s like the Moon. This could ...
... Heliocentric Theory because he thought the sun was the center of the universe. In Greek, “helios” means sun Galileo made additional observations using a telescope which supported the heliocentric theory. Galileo observed that Venus went through a full cycle of phase’s like the Moon. This could ...
(Part I) 1. Practice Quiz 2. Introduction 3. Earth Spins Around Its Axis
... Imagine the pendulum is at the North Pole It will continue to swing back and forth in the same plane. However, the Earth will rotate underneath it. So to someone standing nearby the pendulum will appear to rotate, completing one revolution per day Now consider a pendulum at the equator which is swin ...
... Imagine the pendulum is at the North Pole It will continue to swing back and forth in the same plane. However, the Earth will rotate underneath it. So to someone standing nearby the pendulum will appear to rotate, completing one revolution per day Now consider a pendulum at the equator which is swin ...
Detection and Properties of Planetary Systems
... B.C.) developed the two sphere model, a spherical Earth and a spherical heavenly realm. Each planet had its own concentric sphere that rotated at a different rate. ...
... B.C.) developed the two sphere model, a spherical Earth and a spherical heavenly realm. Each planet had its own concentric sphere that rotated at a different rate. ...
The Daily Telegraph – London… 14th February 2008… New Solar
... The smaller planet is roughly twice as far from its star as the larger one, just as Saturn is about twice as far from the sun as Jupiter. Planetary scientists who discovered them believe there could be rocky planets, like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, closer to the star. Of around 250 planets so f ...
... The smaller planet is roughly twice as far from its star as the larger one, just as Saturn is about twice as far from the sun as Jupiter. Planetary scientists who discovered them believe there could be rocky planets, like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, closer to the star. Of around 250 planets so f ...
Answer - OKBU.net
... 3. Outer planets spend most of their time in which motion, direct or retrograde? 4. Define opposition ____________direct_________________________________ 5. Are the outer planets ever visible at midnight? __yes_____ 6. When an outer planet is in the middle of retrograde motion, is it closer to conju ...
... 3. Outer planets spend most of their time in which motion, direct or retrograde? 4. Define opposition ____________direct_________________________________ 5. Are the outer planets ever visible at midnight? __yes_____ 6. When an outer planet is in the middle of retrograde motion, is it closer to conju ...
The Sun Our sun is a star. It is the star we see in the daytime. It is the
... In ancient times, people did not have telescopes. When they wanted to know what’s there in the sky, they had just their eyes to use. They could only see the objects close to Earth. When telescopes were invented, astronomers could see much more. In 1977, some special spaceships (Voyager 1 and Voyager ...
... In ancient times, people did not have telescopes. When they wanted to know what’s there in the sky, they had just their eyes to use. They could only see the objects close to Earth. When telescopes were invented, astronomers could see much more. In 1977, some special spaceships (Voyager 1 and Voyager ...
Take a Grand Tour of the solar system at twice the speed of light
... millions of asteroids, most very small, that orbit in this zone where a planet might have formed but for the powerful agitation from Jupiter. Most asteroids are distributed in the “main belt,” which extends from here halfway to Jupiter. Near the Edgewood St. overpass we reach Jupiter, over five time ...
... millions of asteroids, most very small, that orbit in this zone where a planet might have formed but for the powerful agitation from Jupiter. Most asteroids are distributed in the “main belt,” which extends from here halfway to Jupiter. Near the Edgewood St. overpass we reach Jupiter, over five time ...
Gravity in the Solar System Quiz - cK-12
... 9) If you are on the top of a mountain and drop an apple, it will fall to the ground, even though the apple is gravitationally attracted to you. Why? a) Earth is larger and has a much stronger gravitational pull. b) Apples always fall down. c) Centrifugal forces pull the apple to the Earth and that ...
... 9) If you are on the top of a mountain and drop an apple, it will fall to the ground, even though the apple is gravitationally attracted to you. Why? a) Earth is larger and has a much stronger gravitational pull. b) Apples always fall down. c) Centrifugal forces pull the apple to the Earth and that ...
Day Starters
... The Earth “wobbles” like a top and moves through a cycle of “North Stars” every 25,000 years. b. The Earth’s axis is “tilted” c. The Earth’s orbit gets larger and smaller d. The “tilt” of the Earth moves between 22.1º and 24.5º 4. An Astronomical Unit is a. The distance around Earth’s orbit b. One l ...
... The Earth “wobbles” like a top and moves through a cycle of “North Stars” every 25,000 years. b. The Earth’s axis is “tilted” c. The Earth’s orbit gets larger and smaller d. The “tilt” of the Earth moves between 22.1º and 24.5º 4. An Astronomical Unit is a. The distance around Earth’s orbit b. One l ...
Celestial Objects
... a) red shiftshift- shift toward longer red wavelengths of energy showing that an object is moving AWAY from Earth 1) the farther away the galaxy, the greater the red shift 2) almost all galaxies show a red shiftshiftproof that the universe is expanding (Edwin Hubble was the first to realize this!) ...
... a) red shiftshift- shift toward longer red wavelengths of energy showing that an object is moving AWAY from Earth 1) the farther away the galaxy, the greater the red shift 2) almost all galaxies show a red shiftshiftproof that the universe is expanding (Edwin Hubble was the first to realize this!) ...
Henry6SCI (H6SCIASTRO)
... Henry6SCI (H6SCIASTRO) 13. The ozone layer in Earth's upper atmosphere is important to living organisms because it A. absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. B. breaks down harmful pollutants into normal atmospheric gases. C. supplies the oxygen living organisms require to carry on resp ...
... Henry6SCI (H6SCIASTRO) 13. The ozone layer in Earth's upper atmosphere is important to living organisms because it A. absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. B. breaks down harmful pollutants into normal atmospheric gases. C. supplies the oxygen living organisms require to carry on resp ...
Unit 2
... much larger than any solar system planet. The sun produces large amounts of heat and light. The sun is the largest object that can be seen ...
... much larger than any solar system planet. The sun produces large amounts of heat and light. The sun is the largest object that can be seen ...
Chapter 2 The Copernican Revolution
... Ancient astronomers observed: Sun Moon Stars Five planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Figure 2-‐3. Cap/on: Turkish Astronomers at Work. During the Dark Ages, much scien/fic informa/on was preserved and new discoveries were ...
... Ancient astronomers observed: Sun Moon Stars Five planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Figure 2-‐3. Cap/on: Turkish Astronomers at Work. During the Dark Ages, much scien/fic informa/on was preserved and new discoveries were ...
Space - FIVES R US
... Neptune is the stormiest planet. The winds there can blow up to 1,240 miles per hour, that is three times as fast as Earth's Hurricanes. Neptune is a sea blue color due to the methane gas in its atmosphere. It once had a great dark spot similar to Jupiter. Neptune only receives 1/900 of the solar e ...
... Neptune is the stormiest planet. The winds there can blow up to 1,240 miles per hour, that is three times as fast as Earth's Hurricanes. Neptune is a sea blue color due to the methane gas in its atmosphere. It once had a great dark spot similar to Jupiter. Neptune only receives 1/900 of the solar e ...
Tutorial - TIL BIRNSTIEL
... where S is the solar flux (1360 W m−2 at the Earth’s distance), A is the albedo of the planet, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4 , in SI units) and f is a constant of order unity (assume f = 4 for the rest of the exercise, why?). • For an Earth albedo of 0.29, derive the habi ...
... where S is the solar flux (1360 W m−2 at the Earth’s distance), A is the albedo of the planet, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4 , in SI units) and f is a constant of order unity (assume f = 4 for the rest of the exercise, why?). • For an Earth albedo of 0.29, derive the habi ...
Solar System PPT
... though it appears as though the Sun is moving! The Sun is the force which keeps our solar system together! • Rotation – spinning of Earth on its axis (23 degrees), which occurs once every 24 hours. • Earth moves around the Sun in a regular, curved path called an orbit • It takes about one year for E ...
... though it appears as though the Sun is moving! The Sun is the force which keeps our solar system together! • Rotation – spinning of Earth on its axis (23 degrees), which occurs once every 24 hours. • Earth moves around the Sun in a regular, curved path called an orbit • It takes about one year for E ...
Document
... When can I see a star/constellation? • When the Sun is not in the constellation! – As Earth moves around the Sun, the Sun seems to move around the ecliptic: from Aries to ...
... When can I see a star/constellation? • When the Sun is not in the constellation! – As Earth moves around the Sun, the Sun seems to move around the ecliptic: from Aries to ...
Current Study Guide - Department of Physics and Astronomy
... What is the characteristic molecule called which carries the code of LAWKI? What are it's properties? What would best be the best means of communication between other intelligent species in the galaxy and us? What is the water hole? If our radio telescopes detected signals from a distant planet what ...
... What is the characteristic molecule called which carries the code of LAWKI? What are it's properties? What would best be the best means of communication between other intelligent species in the galaxy and us? What is the water hole? If our radio telescopes detected signals from a distant planet what ...
Planets and Other Space Rocks Notes
... clouds (Titan). • Mimas, one if its moons looks like the Death Star. ...
... clouds (Titan). • Mimas, one if its moons looks like the Death Star. ...
constellation wars
... • Primitive calendars predicting/planning harvest and planting seasons. Ancient cultures knew when certain stars appeared on the horizon before daybreak, it would be the beginning of spring ...
... • Primitive calendars predicting/planning harvest and planting seasons. Ancient cultures knew when certain stars appeared on the horizon before daybreak, it would be the beginning of spring ...
Geocentric model
In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known as geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a description of the cosmos where Earth is at the orbital center of all celestial bodies. This model served as the predominant cosmological system in many ancient civilizations such as ancient Greece including the noteworthy systems of Aristotle (see Aristotelian physics) and Ptolemy. As such, they believed that the Sun, Moon, stars, and naked eye planets circled Earth.Two commonly made observations supported the idea that Earth was the center of the Universe. The stars, the sun, and planets appear to revolve around Earth each day, making Earth the center of that system. The stars were thought to be on a celestial sphere, with the earth at its center, that rotated each day, using a line through the north and south pole as an axis. The stars closest to the equator appeared to rise and fall the greatest distance, but each star circled back to its rising point each day. The second observation supporting the geocentric model was that the Earth does not seem to move from the perspective of an Earth-bound observer, and that it is solid, stable, and unmoving.Ancient Roman and medieval philosophers usually combined the geocentric model with a spherical Earth. It is not the same as the older flat Earth model implied in some mythology, as was the case with the biblical and postbiblical Latin cosmology. The ancient Jewish Babylonian uranography pictured a flat Earth with a dome-shaped rigid canopy named firmament placed over it. (רקיע- rāqîa').However, the ancient Greeks believed that the motions of the planets were circular and not elliptical, a view that was not challenged in Western culture until the 17th century through the synthesis of theories by Copernicus and Kepler.The astronomical predictions of Ptolemy's geocentric model were used to prepare astrological and astronomical charts for over 1500 years. The geocentric model held sway into the early modern age, but from the late 16th century onward was gradually superseded by the heliocentric model of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. There was much resistance to the transition between these two theories. Christian theologians were reluctant to reject a theory that agreed with Bible passages (e.g. ""Sun, stand you still upon Gibeon"", Joshua 10:12 – King James 2000 Bible). Others felt a new, unknown theory could not subvert an accepted consensus for geocentrism.