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    relation between a planet’s orbital period and its distance to the Sun. Galileo was a backer of Copernican theory. He constructed an astronomical telescope in 1609 and made several discoveries‚ some of which were sunspots‚ the features on the moon‚ and the different phases of Venus. Newton proved that the force from gravity along with the tendency of a planet to stay in straight-line motion results in elliptical orbits. The geocentric view had been based on philosophical debates of how people interpreted

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    La Luna Short Film La Luna is a short Pixar film‚ which displays a family’s love‚ conflict‚ and tribute to family. The story begins by presenting a young boy‚ and the honor he has to uphold to please his grandfather and father. Conversely‚ his family takes him out to sea during the starry night. Shortly‚ conflicts will arise between who the young boy has to take as a role model or if he will decide to follow his identity. This short film pinpoints the honor and respect one has for family‚ and

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    The Copernican Revolution

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    taken as historical fact. God had created the Earth and the Heavens around. Man (and to a lesser extent woman) was the focus of God’s attention. The model of the cosmos was still that formulated by the Greek philosopher Ptolemy around 140 AD. The sun‚ moon‚ planets and stars all revolved around the earth in circular orbits. Back then‚ everyone “knew” that the earth stood still at the center of the universe. But there were problems with this model. Although the stars move smoothly through the heavens

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    Compiler Phases

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    The compiler has a number of phases plus symbol table manager and an error handler. Input Source Program ↓ Lexical Analyzer ↓ Syntax Analyzer ↓ Symbol Table Manager Semantic Analyzer Error Handler ↓ Intermediate Code Generator ↓ Code Optimizer ↓ Code Generator ↓ Out Target Program The cousins of the compiler are Preprocessor. Assembler. Loader and Link-editor

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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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    position and movement of the stars. It was not until the invention on the optical telescope prior to 1608 that Ptolemy’s model was definitively disproven. Another flaw was that he believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe and the Sun‚ Moon and all other planets revolved around it. Telescopes have improved further still from the optical telescope that could only be used at night in fine weather‚ to the all-weather Radio telescope which detect radio waves coming from space‚ to the Space

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    13 Lunar Eclipse * An eclipse in which the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth * Umbra: the portion of the shadow that receives no direct sunlight from the light source * Penumbra: the portion of a shadow that receives direct light from only part of the light source * Eclipse season: the time of year during which a solar or lunar eclipse is possible Types of Lunar Eclipses * Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: an eclipse where the moon passes through the earth’s penumbra‚ but not the

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    by a phase diagram. It determines whether two or three substances are mutually miscible‚ whether the equilibrium can exist over a wide range of conditions‚ or whether the system must be brought to definite temperature‚ pressure‚ and composition before equilibrium is established. Interpretation of the phase diagram is usually done with the use of Gibb’s phase rule. It describes the relationship among the number of degrees of freedom (F)‚ the number of components (C)‚ and the number of phases (P) at

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    sun and 9 planets

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    The solar system consists of the Sun and 9 planets revolving around it in different orbits. The statistics of the sun and the planets are given below : SUN Age : About 5 Billion years Distance : 149.8 Million Kms Diameter : 1‚38‚400 Kms. Photosphere temperature : 5‚770 K Core temperature : 150‚000‚000 K Absolute visual magnitude : 4.75 Rotation (as seen from the earth at the equator) : 25.38 days Rotation (near the poles) : 33 days The sun consists of 71% of Hydrogen‚ 26.5% Helium and

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    statements) Earth and Space Sciences Content description: Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape (ACSSU019) Elaborations: Recording short and longer-term patterns of events that occur on Earth and in the sky‚ such as the appearance of the moon and stars at night‚ the weather and the seasons. Content description: Science involves asking questions about‚ and describing changes in‚ objects and events (ACSHE021) Elaborations: Jointly constructing questions about the events and features

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