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    Astronomy math tips

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    SCI 224 - Scientific Equations Study Guide Scientific Equations Study Guide Week 1 Gravitational Force Calculate the gravitational force between a 1000 kg object and a 1300 kg object separated by a distance of 5 m. Solution: Circular Speed Calculate the circular speed of an object that orbits the Sun at a distance of 6.7 AU. Solution: The astronomical unit 1 AU = 1.5 × 1011 m The solar mass M = 1.989 × 1030 kg SCI 224 - Scientific Equations Study Guide Week 2 Wien’s Law

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    Multiple Choice     1. Air may best be described as __________.       a. an element                b. a compound                                       c. a mixture                                           d. none of these     2. Which one of the following is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?       a. oxygen                                              b. argon                                                c. carbon dioxide                       d. nitrogen     3. With which

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    Feminism In The 1800s

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    the sexes that originated earlier than what people today may believe. The earliest acts and ideas of feminism have been traced back to ancient Greece‚ but the most well-known time period that fueled the feminist movement can be traced down to the 1800s. Studies made by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation reveal that a group of Americans‚ today‚ do not understand the true values and ideals of the feminist movement. A majority of the people that voted against the feminist movement and

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    Cars In The 1800s

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    H) Have you ever been so tired you wanted to fall over and go to sleep? Well this was the case for many Americans traveling in the early 1800s before the invention of cars. (OI) The invention of cars has changed the world drastically.(T) Cars have changed the world by making it possible to drive to your destination‚ get places faster‚ and travel without having bad weather interfere with your trip. (R1) Cars have been one of the greatest inventions by making it possible for people to drive and not

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    Freedom In The 1800s

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    depending on‚ which century one has lived in. In early 1600‚’s to the late 1800’s in American history the word freedom was something worth striving for. It kept people moving forward no matter the circumstances. In the textbook Give Me Liberty! by Eric Foner‚ there are excerpts throughout each chapter written in different times in history describing their voice of freedom. I have chosen three from the early 1600’s to the late 1800’s to see whether their definition of freedom is the same or does it differ

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    they needed by hand or by basic machines. This meant that production took a much greater time for construction and that the individuals that made certain products had to be specifically trained to master that skill. This would all change by the mid 1800s with the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.  “Industrialization refers to a process that transformed agrarian and handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished by industry and machine manufacture.” (Bentley 492) The

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    Tori Deronvil Ms. Patrick English IV Honors 31 August 2012 School of Astronomy founded at Baghdad The Year 813 (DCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Al Mamon founded a school of astronomy in Baghdad and translates Ptolemy’s works. Astronomical knowledge from around the world was collected and translated. ’Abdallah al-Ma ’mun. Born in Baghdad in 786‚ died near Tarsus in 833. The seventh and greatest ’Abbasid caliph (813-833). His mother and wife were Persians

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    Helen Threet SCI/151 April 20‚ 2015 Telescopes in Astronomy Telescopes have proven to be one of the greatest inventions in the science of astronomy. This instrument‚ which makes far-away objects more visible has facilitated both learning about and understanding our universe. This paper will discuss the importance of telescopes‚ their three major designs‚ and the strengths and weaknesses of different locations for telescopes. In addition‚ this paper will discuss the frequencies of light and the

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    Astronomy Chapter 1-11

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    Astronomy HOMEWORK Chapter 1 9th ed 5. In Figure 1-8‚ what is another name for the “Sun’s annual path?” Ecliptic. This term also refers to the mathematical plane of Earth’s orbit. 10. By about how many degrees does the Sun move along the ecliptic each day? The Sun moves 360 degrees in 365.25 days along the ecliptic‚ so Degrees per day = (360◦ )/365.25 days = 0.986◦ = 1◦ . Round to 1 degree since the question says “about how many...” 14. What are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes? What are the summer

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    Radio Astronomy Essay In the 1930s a huge discovery was made; one that has led to many subsequent discoveries about the world beyond Earth. This discovery was radio astronomy‚ the study of celestial objects at radio frequencies. Radio and optical astronomy are two different ways to study stars‚ planets and moons in the universe; but the most useful would have to be radio astronomy. Despite this‚ there are some who do argue that optical astronomy is the more useful of the two. Radio waves are a form

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