2.6.4 Priyadarsini Planetarium‚ Thiruvananthapuram Building that houses Priyadarsini Planetarium The work of the Priyadarsini Planetarium was initiated by Dr. K. Ramachandran Nair‚ the Director of the Kerala State Science & Technological Museum in 1984. The foundation of the planetarium was laid by Shri K. Karunakaran‚ Chief Minister on 10th November 1984in the museum campus. It took ten long years to complete the project by an expenditure of rupees 5 crores. It was Shri K Karunakaran‚ Chief Minister
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information on star formation on all scales‚ thanks in no small part to new facilities such as the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)‚ the Spitzer Space Telescope‚ the Herschel Space Observatory‚ the introduction of powerful new instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)‚ and a host of groundbased optical‚ infrared‚ submillimeter‚ and radio telescopes. These new observations are providing a detailed reconstruction of the key evolutionary phases and physical processes that lead to the formation of
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How did the universe originate and evolve to produce the galaxies‚ stars‚ and planets we see today? How did we get here? In order to understand how the Universe has changed from its initial simple state following the Big Bang (only cooling elementary particles like protons and electrons) into the magnificent Universe we see as we look at the night sky‚ we must understand how stars‚ galaxies and planets are formed. There are many questions associated with the creation and evolution of the major
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Calculus with someone else‚ he formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation in which changed the worlds perspective from being geocentric to heliocentric. In defining gravity‚ the apple never did hit his head. Build the first reflecting telescopes and developed a theory of color based of the famous prism experiment. Never married In 1963 things started to spiral down‚ he suffered from breakdowns of nervous functioning in which is described as depression in which lasted for about 18 months
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planet found by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to orbit within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Kepler-22b‚ a possible super-Earth‚ is 600 light years away from Earth‚ in orbit around Kepler-22‚ a G-type star.The discovery was announced December 5‚ 2011. The planet was originally discovered on Kepler’s third day of science operations in mid-2009.The third transit was detected in late 2010. Additional confirmation data was provided by the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based observations.Kepler-22b’s
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One example of a technological advance is the telescope. The telescope help us see other planets. Also during the Renaissance‚ Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press which helped make more copies of books‚ poems‚ and bibles faster‚ which helped them make money. During the Renaissance‚ you were born
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4.10 Lab Questions The Big Bang‚ Cosmology Part I: Crash Course Astronomy #42 1. In the video‚ science is compared to a tapestry. Explain what is meant by this comparison. It means when you yank at one thread the whole thing may need to be rewoven but sometimes you must yank the thread like in a tapestry. The comparison of science to tapestry means that scientists may misinterpret things but at the same time may discover new ways to view the universe. 2. Discuss the important contribution Vesto
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Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus‚ who lived from 1473 until 1543‚ is known for his idea that the sun is motionless at the center of the universe and that the earth and other planets all revolve around it. This Polish astronomer revolutionized beliefs involving the universe‚ making his thoughts controversial in his time‚ but common knowledge in our own (Westman). Before the time of Copernicus‚ people had extremely different views of the universe. A Greek astronomer named Ptolemy had his
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CHAPTER 5: LIGHT In each of the following sentences‚ fill in the bracket the appropriate word or words given below. solid‚ liquid‚ gas‚ vacuum‚ electromagnetic wave‚ energy 1. Light is a form of ( ). 2. It travels in the form of ( ) 3. In can travel through ( ) 4. It travels fastest in the medium of ( ) 5. Light of different colours
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Callie Swafford Mrs. Falcone Honors Humanities: period 3 April 19‚ 2013 Galileo Galilei: an Autobiography On the night of February 15‚ 1564‚ my parents held me‚ the first of their six children‚ for the first time. My father‚ Vincenzo Galilei‚ was well known in my birth city‚ Pisa‚ for his lute playing and musical theories. My mother‚ Giulia Ammannati‚ held me on my first night out of the womb and softened my cries by whispering my name‚ Galileo Galilei‚ over and over again. A few years later‚ when
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