Ancient civilizations like the Greeks‚ Romans‚ Mayans and Egyptians used astronomy in many different ways. The Egyptians knew that when the star Sirius was ahead of the sun the Nile river would soon flood the land. All the civilizations used astronomy as a tool to tell them when the seasons would change. Greeks and Romans named the planets after their Gods because they believed the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ and planets were controlled by Gods. Ancient people used tools like an astrolabe to help them make
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The Science of Stars Paper Astronomy/151 Robert Austin‚ PhD. December 30‚ 2013 University of Phoenix The Science of Stars Paper The stars are the majority and most widely acknowledged astronomical components that symbolize the most essential development of the galaxies. The disbursement‚ age‚ and the framework of the night sky in the galaxy maintain a record of the heritage‚ evolution and characteristics of our galaxy. More important the stars are integral to the fabrication and allocation
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meter per second There are 100 billion stars in our galaxy How far is a star? Alpha centauri is 44‚000‚000‚000‚000 m Dealing with extreme numbers? Scale models (ex. Bball and softball) Proper units (inches vs meters vs miles) Scientific notation 700‚000= 7x10^5 km When properly written this number will be between 1.0 and 10.0 Arithmetic with scientific notation Multiplication> add exponents e.g. Units in Astronomy One astronomical unit is the average distance from the earth to
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Kepler: Scripture vs. Astronomy Johannes Kepler was one of the first natural philosophers that defended the design of the cosmos created by Nicolas Copernicus. Kepler argued that Copernicus’s system of the universe was not only the correct structure that man had been searching for‚ but also that by knowing this‚ he was able to more fully understand the thinking of his Creator. In this paper I will demonstrate how Kepler was able to use Christian theological principles in order to connect the
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Portable Phonograph”‚ a futuristic post-war society is described. This showed the severity of a post-war society. In the article “How to Survive Nuclear Winter”‚ an illustration is made regarding the outcomes of a nuclear winter. If a nuclear winter were to occur‚ it would have drastic effects. A nuclear winter would be horrible‚ and one would need many provisions to survive it‚ but what is there to expect‚ and what kinds of provisions would someone need? one might ask. “The Portable Phonograph”
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Three extremely significant men of science and more importantly astronomy‚ excelled in their fields in leaps and bounds. Aristotle‚ Ptolemy‚ and Copernicus all were and still are renowned as great minds and influential astronomers. These great men were all well known for their models of the solar system‚ many aspects of these theories are still used in current research by our generation’s most brilliant minds in astronomy. The geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system were possibly the
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Mathematics‚ and to coach basketball. When the term ended in 1914 he decided to study astronomy from Yerkes Observatory. In 1917‚ he received a doctorate degree in astronomy from the University of Chicago. While in university he was recruited by California’s Mount Wilson Observatory to help complete the construction of its Hooker telescope. Before beginning the new position Hubble completed a doctorate in astronomy‚ enlisted in the U.S. Army and served a tour of duty in World War I. Using the Hooker
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Extreme Environments In extreme environments how is survival portrayed and what do the characters do to survive? The excerpts “Life of Pi” and “The Story of Keesh”both characters try to survive in a harsh environment by hunting or looking for food. According to both stories survival is portrayed and by not giving up Pi and Keesh can survive and achieve the impossible. First off‚ surviving in a harsh environment is never an easy task. To survive at sea Pi needs a lot of willpower and courage
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find something Greek about it. Out of all the areas that the Greek culture is famous for there are two that tend to exert themselves into our own culture even today. That would be their Science and Astronomy fields. If one were to look up in a library books about ancient Greek science and astronomy they would have a mountain of books to sift through. There seem to be so many individuals who have contributed towards the great scientific and astronomic revelations that the list of names seems
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The December 26‚ 2004 Sumatran Tsunami [pic] On the morning of December 26‚ 2004 a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides under Sumatra‚ part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor‚ pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been as high as
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