Chapter 01 The Cycles of the Sky Multiple Choice Questions 1. After a full moon‚ about how long is it until the next new moon? A. A month B. Two weeks C. A week D. Six hours 2. If there is a full moon visible from Paris one evening‚ twelve hours later in Australia there will be a _________ visible. A. Full moon B. New moon C. First quarter moon D. Crescent moon 3. Directly above the Earth’s equator lies the ______________ in the sky. A. North celestial pole B. South celestial pole
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through a pane of glass at a right angle. (c) striking the surface of a prism at a grazing angle from the inside. (d) traveling from one place to another through a vacuum. (e) under no circumstances. 7. The distance from the Earth to the Moon is approximately (a) 3 times Earth’s diameter. (b) 10
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hours Earth revolves 360 around the sun ever 365.24 days= tropical year Earth’s rotation axis precesses every 26‚000 yrs Moon revolves 360 deg ever 27.3 days= Sidereal mon Moon’s cyc repeats every 29.5 days= Syndonic mon Saros cycle: one eclipse yr is only 346 days. 19 eclipse years= 223 syndonic months. LESSON ONE HOMEWORK: 1. You send a message to Buzz Aldrin on the moon‚ 384‚000 km and he sends you an immediate reply. Both messages travel at the speed of light. How long do you have to wait
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LOST IN THE MOON You are a member of a spaceship crew who have to return with their spaceship to the mother ship at an illuminated place on the moon. As a result of mechanical failure you have in fact to land at a place which lies approximately 300 kms from the mother ship. During the landing much of the equipment on board is damaged. You can only survive if you reach the mother ship. Attached you will find a list of fifteen items which have remained undamaged after the landing. Arrange them in
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References: Other large Kuiper belt objects about or over 1000 km across are Pluto ’s moon Charon‚ Quaoar‚ Varuna‚ Ixion‚ 1996 TL66‚ 2002 TX300‚ 2002 TC302‚ 2002 UX25 and 2002 AW197. Ceres‚ the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt‚ is about 950 km across.
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very small. Apollo 13 was an Apollo mission that came after the first landing on the moon. The problem was that since the United States had already beaten Russia to the moon people weren’t sure why they needed to go back‚ so there were less resources and money going into this mission. The three men on the mission were Jack Swigert‚ Fred Haise‚ and Jim Lovell. The flight was planning on landing on the moon but unfortunately something went wrong‚ one of two fuel cell oxygen tanks in the service
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Mick 1 Marsha Mick Dr. Timothy Smith American History Sect. 102 3 March 2011 A Man on the Moon: The Triumphant Story of the Apollo Space Program by Andrew Chaikin A Book Review “In ancient days‚ men looked at the stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times‚ we do much the same‚ but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” - July 1969‚ Nixon Administration Speechwriter William Safire. Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin has
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Relative Motion of the Earth‚ Moon‚ and Sun” Lesson Plan Instructional Sequence Introduction o Write on the board: “Relative Motion” and “Motion of the Earth‚ Moon‚ and Sun”. o Begin by telling the class that you are going to “blow a hole in what they know” and fill it with new knowledge. Explain “there are some things in science you probably think you know‚ but you don’t know everything.” Ask‚ with a show of hands‚ “Who knows how the Sun‚ Earth and Moon move?” o Ask a volunteer to
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easy choice. For the Apollo missions‚ it was originally created by NASA to sent a ship to the surface of the Moon and also have it return back to Earth. This was a huge step not only for mankind‚ but for the technology of America in the space race against the SSSR. Some of the questions faced dealt with how they would be able to carry enough fuel to safely land two astronauts on the moon‚ and them bring them back to earth. There were also many safety concerns‚ especially after Apollo 1 caught fire
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to stargaze at night. She has noticed that the moon appears to change shape over the course of the month‚ and she wants to investigate why this happens. She hypothesizes that the relationship of the sun‚ Earth‚ and moon creates shadows on the moon. She sets up an experiment with a light bulb to represent the sun‚ a large beach ball to represent Earth‚ and a smaller foam ball to represent the moon. She researches the position of the sun‚ Earth‚ and moon at different times of a month and makes a model
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