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