Class description: non-mathematical presentation of our knowledge of the universe. Includes birth and death of stars‚ formation of solar system‚ black holes‚ quasars‚ and the fourth dimension. Instructor: Erin O’ Connor Office: EBS112 Email: eboconnor@pipeline.sbcc.edu Office Hours: Monday- After class at 11 am and email. Tuesday- After class at 9:05 pm and email. Wednesday- EBS112 After class at 11 am (PS101) and email. Thursday- EBS112 email for appointment. Friday- EBS112 email for
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times‚ it was believed that demons and evil spirits of all types and forms took possession of the person‚ thus causing bad behavior. The ancient Romans believed that human behavior ebbed and flowed with the phases of the moon. The word ’lunacy‚’ which is derived from the Latin word ’luna’ for moon‚ reflected that belief. Bobby Joe Long through his span of terror he raped over 50 women and killed 10. He grew up with an extra x chromosome causing him to grow breast through puberty. This is the start
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Earth’s equator onto the celestial sphere. | | | Term What is the ecliptic?A) the constellations commonly used in astrology to predict the futureB) the Sun’s daily path across the skyC) the Sun’s apparent path along the celestial sphereD) when the Moon passes in front of the SunE) the Moon’s apparent path along the celestial sphere | | Definition C) the Sun’s apparent path along the celestial sphere | | |
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was a Danish astronomer named Tycho Brahe. Brahe is known as the greatest astronomical observer before the invention of the telescope; he made the most accurate observations by devising the instruments available. Brahe proposed a hybrid model of Moon and Sun orbiting the Earth and the other planets moving around the sun. This conflicted greatly Copernicus‚ and with other astronomers such as Nikolaus Baer‚ who was convinced the Earth was rotating. Brahe did not entirely accept their theory based
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Tidal locking From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Tidal locking results in the Moon rotating about its axis in about the same time it takes to orbit the Earth. Except forlibration effects‚ this results in the Moon keeping the same face turned towards the Earth‚ as seen in the figure on the left. (The Moon is shown in polar view‚ and is not drawn to scale.) If the Moon were not spinning at all‚ it would alternately show its near and far sides to the Earth while moving around our planet in
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In Novum Organum‚ Francis Bacon warns against "Idols...which have immigrated into men ’s minds from the various dogmas of philosophies and also from wrong laws of demonstration." He called these idols‚ Idols of the Theatre‚ in which he goes on to talk about how common errors in thinking keep people from arriving at the truth. Descartes‚ Galileo‚ and Montaigne are three historic figures whom have tried to fix these errors in thinking in their own writing. Descartes was a noble man and tried
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a) the day would be longer b) the day would be shorter c) the year would be longer d) the year would be shorter 8. Using his newly invented telescope‚ Galileo discovered a) moons of Jupiter b) phases of Mercury c) sunspots d) mountains on the Moon e) stellar parallax 9. If the same net force is applied to two different masses‚ one with a mass of 2 kg and the other with a mass of 3 kg‚ a) the 2-kg
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The Chumash people are a group of Native Americans‚ originally inhabiting southern and central California coastal regions‚ as well as several islands off the coast. The ancient Chumash built plank boats‚ weaved intricate baskets‚ and painted elaborate cave and rock artwork. They were also known for their knowledge of astronomy and their cosmology. Celestial objects greatly influenced the culture and religion of the Chumash people. As in many early civilizations‚ the sky was a thing of wonder and
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The Objective of Mars One Mission General purpose: to inform At the end of my speech my audience should be able to describe 3 aspects of Mars One. The 3 aspects of Mars One are: making human settlements in Mars‚ providing the fundamental needs to support human life and managing the risks. Mars One has developed a mission to establish a human settlement on Mars built entirely upon existing technology where the crew is going to stay and live there with the intention to remain there for the rest
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and the terrestrial environments. It represents the local neighbourhood of the cosmos in relation to the terrestrial realms which life has inhabited for the last 4 billion years. It shows the definition of the terrestrial environment to be the earth/moon binary eco-system. It shows that this terrestrial nature is part of a greater nature which‚ to a first approximation‚ may be taken to be the local representative of the huge abundance of those natural cosmic entities which every child knows to be the
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