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Astronomy- The Original Science Pages 4-10
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A. Astronomy- the study of all physical objects beyond Earth
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B. Calendar-a system for organizing time Aztec calendar Egyptian Stone calendar
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1) Calendars are based on movements of objects in the sky.
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C. Year- time required for Earth to orbit the sun once
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D. Month- amount of time required for the moon to orbit the Earth once
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E. Day- the time required for the earth to rotate once
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F. Many ancient civilizations developed calendars- Mayas, Chinese, Egyptians, and Hebrew
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H. Julius Caesar fixed the problem of the seasons shifting due to the calendar by adding an extra day every 4 years- a leap year.
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I. Most countries use the Gregorian calendar which scientists calculate will be accurate for another 3,000 years. It was created to make a year more accurate to 365.242 days per year by changing how often leap year occurs.
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J. Early Observers NabtaStonehenge Babylonia ChineseMayan Building Ancient Arab- astrolabe
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K. Early Astronomers
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1) Claudius Ptolemy- (Greek) Ptolemy thought that the Earth was at the center of the universe with the sun and other planets revolving around the Earth
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2) Nicolaus Copernicus- (Polish) thought the sun is at the center of the universe and the planets orbit around the sun.
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3) Tycho Brahe- (Danish)- used a mural which is a large quarter- circle on a wall to measure the positions of stars and planets.
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4) Johannes Kepler- stated that all the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and the sun is not in the exact center of the orbits.
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5) Galileo- was the first person to use a telescope to observe celestial bodies and discovered sunspots, 4 moons of Jupiter, craters and mountains on the moon
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6) Isaac Newton- explained that planets and moons stay in orbit due to gravity.
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L. William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781.
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M. Edwin Hubble used photography in 1923 to discover that there are other galaxies.
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