spectrum photographed? 2. An interstellar cloud of gas known as an H-II region is mainly composed of what? 3. What celestial object is known as the morning star or the evening star depending on when it is seen in the sky? 4. Which planet of the Solar System is accompanied by two moons named for the Greek gods of fear and terror? 5. On what kind of diagram are stars plotted according to their surface temperature and luminosity? 6. A common problem with refracting telescopes
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Early Western Scientists Brittany M. Singleton Honors 201 Newberry College Early Western Scientists The Renaissance era is known to be the era of “rebirth”. This “rebirth” began in Italy in the fourteenth century and spread north‚ including England‚ to other countries by the sixteenth century (Anonymous C 2013). The Renaissance was more than just a reawakening‚ this time period brought new discoveries both geographically and intellectually. Renaissance thinkers often associated
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ASTEROIDS Did you know that there are really millions of planets orbiting the Sun? Apart from nine “proper” planets‚ there are a few million‚ minor ones‚ called asteroids. These are different chunks of rock‚ which range from specks of dust to those which are a few kilometres across. Most of them travel in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt. Others follow different orbits. In the 18th century‚ astronomers were convinced that a missing world existed between Mars and Jupiter
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sun‚ and planets appearing to revolve around the Earth‚ which seem to be at motionless‚ lead ancient astronomers to believe the Earth was the center of the solar system. • Claudis Ptolemy’s version of the Geocentric Model was the most widely accepted and recognized example of the Geocentric Model. • Nicolaus Copernicus published a book on his theory of a heliocentric system‚ the book‚ De revolutionibus orbium coelstium‚ puts the Sun at the center of the Solar System with planets revolving
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characteristics of the universe‚ stars and planets at the university of Rochester in New York. (Fraser‚ Cain.2009) .He is a world expert on looking at aging stars called White Dwarf stars. A white dwarf star is the end stage of a star; it is about huge as the sun only a little bigger than the earth‚ it uses up its energy and becomes much smaller. After a billion years the star cools down and dies. Gilles Fontaine makes $97‚320 per year in studying white dwarfs. His first interest took place when
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The Goldilocks Zone The 21st century is home to countless technological breakthroughs in astronomy. Scientists dwarf their latest discoveries with something bigger and more relevant every year. Day and night astronomers shower the cosmos with radio waves and probes hoping to find any form of extraterrestrial life. The war between science and religion nears its climax as the data pours in. Christian beliefs may be questioned as mankind draws closer than ever to discovering life outside of earth
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Series UNIVERSE NICKNAMES OF PLANETS: Mercury – Speedy Messenger. Venus – Morning or Evening Star. Earth – The Blue Planet. Mars – The Red Planet. Jupiter – Jove or the Galilean System. Saturn – The Ringed Planet. Uranus – Father Sky. Neptune – The Windy Planet. Pluto – The Ice Planet. DEFINITIONS: STAR: A huge body made of hot luminous gas that is held together by its own gravity. Compared to other stars‚ our Sun is a star of average size and energy. PLANET: A large body that orbits a
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QUOTE Christopher Crokett says‚ “On July 14‚ NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will reach the dwarf planet and try to learn all it can about Pluto and its five known moons. Then the probe will leave Pluto behind‚ vanishing into the frigid darkness beyond the planets.” David J Eicher says‚ “Nowhere is the future of Lowell Observatory better symbolized than with the observatory’s largest modern project‚ the Discovery Channel Telescope. This 4.3-meter instrument stands 40 miles (60km) southeast of Flagstaff
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life‚ its components‚ features and its working mechanisms. He gave detail about the biology of DNA‚ RNA‚ cells of plant and animals including from unicellular to human beings. Last part of the book is the astronomy. In this part‚ he discussed about planets‚ stars‚ galaxies‚ and the inevitable forces that has control over our ceaselessly expanding universe. The most fundamental building block of matter was a particles called the atom. The atom is made of very smaller piece‚ known as subatomic particle
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Earth There are seven possible scenarios which scientists believe if occur‚ could naturally end this planet and humanity‚ the world as we know it. Orbital change‚ rotational change‚ collisions with the Earth‚ the big rip‚ the sun‚ black holes‚ and other systems going out of whack can cause events that could potentially cause an end to life on Earth. People have theorized about an end to the planet or people on it for most of time. However‚ the scenarios that will be explained are the most logical
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