Origins of Cosmology Friday, September 26.

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Origins of Cosmology Friday, September 26

Properties of the Earth (a planet) Diameter = 13,000 kilometers (7900 miles) Mass = 6 × 1024 kilograms Age = 4.6 billion years

Properties of the Sun (a star) Diameter = 1.4 million kilometers = 100 × Earth diameter Mass = 2 × 1030 kilograms = 330,000 × Earth mass Age = 4.6 billion years

Cosmology is based on observation of the universe around us.

Looking WSW, 5:30 pm today Sun ↑ Sky (blue) horizon Earth (opaque)

Cosmology version 1.0: Domed sky over flat earth.

And God said, “Let there be a vault in the midst of the waters, and let it divide water from water.” And God made the vault and it divided the water beneath the vault from the water above the vault, and so it was. – Genesis 1:6 [Robert Alter translation]

Aristotle (4th century BC): First to give reasons why the Earth is spherical.

Aristotle’s 1st reason: Gravity pulls matter to center of Earth, compressing the Earth into as compact a shape as possible. …a sphere!

You see different stars from the south than from the north. 2nd reason: Big Dipper You see different stars from the south than from the north. Southern Cross

If the Earth were flat: Big Dipper Southern Cross

3rd reason: The shape of the Earth’s shadow. During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow is always circular. Only object whose shadow is always circular is a sphere.

Other reasons were given later: Ships disappear “hull-down”.

Question answered by Eratosthenes (ca. 200 BC). How large is the Earth? Question answered by Eratosthenes (ca. 200 BC). Alexandria • • Syene

What he assumed: Earth is spherical: Sun is very far away. What Eratosthenes read: At noon on June 21, Sun is at zenith seen from Syene. What he saw: At noon on June 21, Sun is 7.2° south of zenith seen from Alexandria. What he assumed: Earth is spherical: Sun is very far away.

Angle α = angle β = 7.2° = 1/50 of circle. Distance D = 1/50 of circumference.

Circumference of Earth = 50 × distance from Alexandria to Syene. Distance from Alexandria to Syene = 5000 stades Circumference of Earth = 50 × 5000 stades = 250,000 stades. (about 46,000 kilometers – true value is 40,000 kilometers)

Looking north, 8:30 tonight. Sky (black) stars horizon Earth (opaque)

Constellations

Constellations are arbitrary (but useful). Stars in a constellation are not all at the same distance from us.

8:30 pm

10:30 pm

12:30 am ← Polaris

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Cosmology version 2.0: Celestial sphere surrounding spherical Earth. Stars attached to celestial sphere, which rotates. Earth stationary at center.

This geocentric (Earth-centered) model was generally accepted from ancient times until 16th cent. AD.

Renaissance Cosmology Monday’s Lecture: Renaissance Cosmology Reading: Chapter 2