Who designed “geoglyphs”? Nazca

Who is credited with the concept of gravity? Newton

Who was the first to promote the heliocentric universe? Copernicus

Oldest astronomical time piece in existence? Stonehenge

Famous for the invention of telescope? Galileo

Telescope that covers 1/3 of the sky and collects radios waves that is sent to a receiver. Radio Telescope

Telescope that uses MIRRORS? Reflecting Telescope

Telescope that uses LENSES? Refracting Telescope

Who worked in a great observatory in Europe and made the most accurate observations of the universe? Brahe

Developed the 3 laws dealing with ellipses? Kepler

Provided observational proofs that the earth is a sphere? Aristotle

List one problem with optical astronomy. Need darkness, light pollution, atmosphere interferes

Collection of stars, dust, and gas bonded together by gravity? Galaxy

An instrument that collects electromagnetic radiation from the sky? Telescope

What is the apparent backward motion of planets called? Retrograde motion

Shape of the orbit around the sun? Ellipse

What causes day and night? Rotation

Described as the power or the strength of the telescope? Magnification

The diameter of the lens or the mirrors? Aperture

List four reasons people began watching the night sky. Entertainment, time, religion, navigation

Which has the largest effect on eccentricity (how elliptical the shape is), the distance between the foci or length of the ellipse? Distance between foci

What is the equation for eccentricity? *Using e, d, and L… E = d / L

If the area of sector A of a planet around the sun is 3947 m 2, according to Kepler’s second law the area of another sector (sector B) that represents the same amount of time should be? 3947 m 2

What is right ascension AND what unit is it measure in? Celestial Longitude; measured in hours and minutes

 What is declination AND what unit is it measured in?  Celestial latitude.. Measured in degrees