Astronomy flash cards Term Which of the following has your "address" in the correct order?A) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky Way‚ Local Supercluster‚ Local GroupB) you‚ Earth‚ Local Group‚ Local Supercluster‚ solar system‚ Milky WayC) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky Way‚ Local Group‚ Local SuperclusterD) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Local Group‚ Local Supercluster‚ Milky WayE) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Local Group‚ Milky Way‚ Local Supercluster | | Definition C) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky
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specific 1. E.g. High fever‚ sore throat‚ and pustules in the mouth indicate streptococcus infection. If one has those symptoms‚ then he has strep. 6. The age of scientific discovery 1. Copernicus (1473-1543) 2. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) 3. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) 4. Galileo (1564-1642) 5. Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 6. Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686) 7. A new way of looking at the world‚ humanity‚ its history 1. Reason as the equalizer 2. Science begins to challenge religion 3. Human-centered
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Research Paper: Johannes Kepler The Renaissance was a time of scientific discovery and artistic genius. During this period of enlightenment‚ some of the world’s most famous and intelligent scholars would make their mark on the scientific community. And one of the most famous intellectuals during this time period was known as Johannes Kepler. Johannes Kepler was a brilliant astronomer who is still known‚ to this day‚ as one of the pioneers of not only the scientific field‚ but also the Renaissance
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REVIEW ASTRONOMY 152 EXAM 1 Chapter 1 (lecture #1) Light Year & Astronomical Unit (AU) are distances (pgs 4 & 5) know relative sizes of things: moon‚ planet‚ star‚ solar system‚ local group of stars‚ spiral arm‚ Milkyway/galaxy‚ clusters of galaxies‚ super clusters‚ filaments and voids (pgs 5 & 6) Chapter 2 (lectures #2 & 3) Constellations -stars of a constellation may be at very different distances Ancient times constellations loose grouping of stars based on mythology Now constellations
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space * Our Sun (layers and solar events) * General properties of stars (luminosity‚ heat) * H-R Diagrams and what they mean * Two types of telescopes (reflecting & refracting) * The key scientists (Ptolemy‚ Copernicus‚ Brahe‚ Kepler‚ Galileo‚ Newton‚ Hubble‚ Halley‚ Hawking & Oort) **Those in bold have been covered since the winter break and will be the main focus of the quiz. Hint: Studying science is like studying a new language. Including the terms from before
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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centaury in Europe there were was a scientific triumph that led to insight and new information of astronomy. Scientist such as Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ Galileo‚ and newton questioned the scientific methods of Ptolemy and Aristotle. These scientists changed the beliefs of their followers to create a more modern way of life. In the sixteenth century‚ the beliefs of Aristotelian-Ptolemaic were accepted by society. The geocentric theory was one of many that was created
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Bibliography Campbell‚ Josephine. "Scientific Revolution." Salem Press Encyclopedia‚ January. EBSCOhost‚ search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=t6o&AN=98402197. This source mentions the work of Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Rene Descartes‚ Galileo Galilei‚ Johannes Kepler‚ Tycho Brahe‚ and Sir Isaac Newton. These individuals were very important during the Scientific Revolution and they made numerous scientific discoveries. In my essay this information will be used in my three body paragraphs and the information
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in equal times. The effective modal of the solar system was left to Galileo‚ who in 1930 published his dialogue on the two chief systems of the world. He supported his claims with elaborate evidence derived from the study of physics. He also used a telescope that was recently made back then by Dutch to observe the sky‚ and he discovered that the moon is rather mountainous than smooth. In the field of mechanics‚ Galileo was able to come up with the “free fall” law: “the distance‚ s‚ varies as
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have provided to defend their idea? Nicolas Copernicus‚ in the 1500s‚ proposed a different idea; very different from the idea that the sky revolved around the earth. Copernicus suggested that the Sun was at the center and the Earth‚ along with other planets‚ moved
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Bibliography: Caspar‚ Max. Kepler. London: Abelard-Schuman‚ 1959. Print. Di‚ Canzio Albert. Galileo: His Science and His Significance for the Future of Man. Portsmouth‚ NH: ADASI Pub.‚ 1996. Print. "Doubt - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary." Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online
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