HIPPARCHUS (c 190 – c120 BC) Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer‚ mathematician and geographer. Surprisingly little is known about his early life. He was most certainly born in Nicaea‚ Bithynia‚ (which is now known as Iznik in Turkey)‚ around 190 BC. Most of what we do about him comes from the books of other scholars who came after him‚ such as Ptolemy and Strabo. It seems likely that Hipparchus studied in Alexandria but spent his later life in Rhodes. Strabo‚ another Greek geographer writing about
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mathematician by the name of Al-Khwarizmi wrote a book in the 800’s about Algebra and his findings. Algebra is the basis for most mathematical processes and with out it there would be no way to find an unknown variable. This also allowed for the basis of astronomy. Astrological maps were formed with algebra and a device called the Astrolabe. The stars even led to the discovery of outer space and the outer reach. Without Muslim science discoveries‚ the basis of the way we look at medicine would be completely
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Claudius Ptolemy was an Egyptian astrologer in the 2nd century who’s theories of astronomy‚ known as the Almagest‚ which he based a model of the Universe which influenced Western and Arabic societies for the next 1‚500 years. The Ptolemaic system is a geocentric cosmology assuming that the Earth is stationary and the centre of the universe. Ptolemy’s model showed that planets revolved around a point and that point revolved around another point which was earth. In order to explain the motion of the
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distances. • Get an overview of the solar system. Introduction It is easy to flip to the index of an astronomy textbook to discover that‚ say‚ the Sun lies 150 million kilometers away from Earth. It is far more difficult (if not impossible)‚ however‚ to picture this distance in the human mind. In this exercise‚ we will learn to access the often unpalatable distances encountered in astronomy by simply scaling the huge distances to more recognizable‚ pedestrian numbers. So long as every distance
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- The first astronomical object I observed was two very bright‚ small‚ and circular dots which I later learned were a popular binary star named Algeria. At first‚ I could barely see the stars but after focusing my eye in the telescope I noticed that one star was a light blue shade and the other star was a vibrant yellow color. Additionally‚ the yellow star was significantly brighter‚ more visible‚ and larger than the tiny‚ dull blue star. When I typically look up in the sky‚ I notice how most stars
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Astronomy Research and the Search of Extraterrestrial Life Paper Megan Lade University of Phoenix (Online Campus) Christopher Conner All life on this planet is linked to the geology of Earth‚ and vice versa – we (all organisms) are supposed to be living in a symbiotic relationship with our world. When Earth was developing deep within its curst began the first traces of raw materials and minerals that would fuel life for many years to come. We adapt and change to our ever
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Astronomy Study Guide 1. Know and be able to list the differences between terrestrial and jovian planets. a. Terrestrial Planets i. Mercury ii. Venus iii. Earth iv. Mars b. Characteristics of Terrestrial Planets v. Small vi. Rocky vii. Very close to the Sun viii. Have few moons ix. Have no rings c. Jovian Planets x. Jupiter xi. Saturn xii. Uranus
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Gentri W. & Kimberly P. A4 October 23‚ 2012 Les Miserables Transmediation Final Project: Eponine We chose to do Eponine for our final project. She was the Thenarider’s oldest daughter. She is hopelessly in love with Marius and he doesn’t take any notice of her. While posing as the Jondrette family‚ she is the one to go and ask Marius for some money. Later in the book‚ she shows Marius where Cosette lives and then leads him into the barricades for war‚ with the thought that if she couldn’t
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Naturally by this time my aching loneliness glides in like an empty cloud drifting afar in the dead of night. All presence of faith deserted long before the scorching sun inhaled its last breath‚ in order for the moon to be reborn. Yet unmistakably it’ll only be the sun welcoming my dispirited morning as any glimpse of faith is hushed by my heavy thoughts‚ which deeply desire to remain firmly rooted in my mascara stained pillow. A reminder of the all the endless nights I overfilled with enough tears
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A compilation of elegant word choice and syntax‚ “The Sun and Moon” is a poem written by author Chrysanthemum Ti. In this poem‚ Ti develops a story‚ told in a first person point of view‚ which illustrates both the gradual resentment and contentment felt by the narrator as she compares her successes and failures to those of her brother. In creating this tale‚ Ti utilizes a shift in tone as well as two significant metaphors to suggest that with time‚ perceptions change‚ which can allow for a greater
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