2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt AstronomersEclipsesPlanets Angles & other SS objects FJ
First to use a telescope To view the night sky
Galileo
Explained the forces Involved for an Orbiting body
Newton
Collected 20 years of data for a Danish King, Had his nose cut off
Tycho Brahe
1st to put forth the Heliocentric model
Copernicus
Suggested the planets Revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
Kepler
Eclipse created when the earth’s shadow falls on the moon
Lunar eclipse
When can a solar eclipse occur, day or night ?
day
Which moon phase is needed to create a lunar eclipse ?
Full moon
Darkest (complete shadow) created during an eclipse
umbra
Why does a solar eclipse last minutes when a lunar eclipse can last for hours ?
The moon is small thus creates a small shadow. The earth is bigger making a larger shadow.
Best described as a dirty ice ball
comet
What are the 3 reasons that an object may look large ?
Size Distance Surroundings
What is the difference between meteor, meteorite, & meteoroid
Meteor- hits earth’s atmosphere Meteorite- hits earth’s Surface Meteoroid- rock flying through space
What are the 3 uses of angular measurement in astronomy ?
Angular separation Locating objects Angular size
Which of these objects do not revolve around the sun ? Planets, moons, asteroids, comets, meteoroids
Moons & meteoroids
retrograde rotation does not effect sunrise
uranus
Moon of jupiter with active volcanoes
Io
Has the greatest temperature range
mercury
Means earth-like
terrestrial
Planet with the slowest orbital speed
pluto
Hottest planet
venus
Total number of moons the inner planets have
3
Planet with the Big Red Spot
Jupiter
Why does Mercury have such a large temperature range
One side faces the sun for 30 days
Name of Jupiter’s moon that may have a liquid ocean under a frozen crust
Europa
How many stars are in a galaxy and how many galaxies are in the universe ? Universe Billions & billions