SYLLABUS Spring 2012 SCIE 3304, SECTION 001 ASTRONOMY
... (Prentice Hall publication) No need to purchase it. Required Course Material: 1. Text Book: Discovering the Universe, 8th or 9th Edition, Neil F. Comins and W. J. Kaufmann (W. H. Freeman and Company publication) 3. Class Slides: The class slides will be available on the Blackboard (http://elearn.uta ...
... (Prentice Hall publication) No need to purchase it. Required Course Material: 1. Text Book: Discovering the Universe, 8th or 9th Edition, Neil F. Comins and W. J. Kaufmann (W. H. Freeman and Company publication) 3. Class Slides: The class slides will be available on the Blackboard (http://elearn.uta ...
History
... – Expanded the use of Newton’s Laws and Kepler’s Laws to comets. – Published data on 24 comets, noting that three were so similar they had to be the same comet. – Predicted it reappearance in 1758. – George Palitzsch identified the comet in its predicted position in 1758. ...
... – Expanded the use of Newton’s Laws and Kepler’s Laws to comets. – Published data on 24 comets, noting that three were so similar they had to be the same comet. – Predicted it reappearance in 1758. – George Palitzsch identified the comet in its predicted position in 1758. ...
astronomy review - Earth Science R: 1(A,C)
... Celestial Sphere- an imaginary sphere on which objects of the night sky appear Motions of the Stars and Planets Stars appear to rise in the _____________ and set in the ___________ Circumpolar planets appear to revolve around Polaris __________________ The apparent motion of the stars is c ...
... Celestial Sphere- an imaginary sphere on which objects of the night sky appear Motions of the Stars and Planets Stars appear to rise in the _____________ and set in the ___________ Circumpolar planets appear to revolve around Polaris __________________ The apparent motion of the stars is c ...
Constellations
... Patterns in the Sky • Stars which are “close” to each other (in angle) form patterns called constellations. ...
... Patterns in the Sky • Stars which are “close” to each other (in angle) form patterns called constellations. ...
Hellenistic Era
... For Stoics, happiness came from following reason, not emotions, and doing your duty. ...
... For Stoics, happiness came from following reason, not emotions, and doing your duty. ...
ASTRO OTTER JUNIOR
... Station, unmanned missions throughout the solar system, and information about ...
... Station, unmanned missions throughout the solar system, and information about ...
1 Timeline 2 Geocentric model
... • Center of deferent is at center of Earth (sort of) Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model • Ptolemy invented the device called the eccentric • The eccentric is the center of the deferent • Sometimes the eccentric was slightly off center from the center of the Earth Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model • Uniform circula ...
... • Center of deferent is at center of Earth (sort of) Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model • Ptolemy invented the device called the eccentric • The eccentric is the center of the deferent • Sometimes the eccentric was slightly off center from the center of the Earth Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model • Uniform circula ...
Anw, samenvatting, h15+16
... - If you observe planets now and in 6 months it should be in a different position which it is not There are three people who developed and found more evidence to support the heliocentric model, these people were: Brahe, Kepler and Galileo. At the age of 13 Brahe wanted to become an astronomer when h ...
... - If you observe planets now and in 6 months it should be in a different position which it is not There are three people who developed and found more evidence to support the heliocentric model, these people were: Brahe, Kepler and Galileo. At the age of 13 Brahe wanted to become an astronomer when h ...
Volcanoes and Igneous Activity Earth
... • Most ancient Greeks held a geocentric (Earth-centered) view of the universe • Seven heavenly bodies (planetai) • Changed position in sky • The seven wanderers included the • Sun • Moon • Mercury through Saturn (excluding Earth) ...
... • Most ancient Greeks held a geocentric (Earth-centered) view of the universe • Seven heavenly bodies (planetai) • Changed position in sky • The seven wanderers included the • Sun • Moon • Mercury through Saturn (excluding Earth) ...
Transcript - Cheap Astronomy
... aligns with the annual shift of the Sun against the Zodiac constellations. Coincidence? There’s further pause for thought in the realisation that the paths of the planets also shift up and down on an annual basis. So, in a nutshell, everything apart from the background stars seems to have some degre ...
... aligns with the annual shift of the Sun against the Zodiac constellations. Coincidence? There’s further pause for thought in the realisation that the paths of the planets also shift up and down on an annual basis. So, in a nutshell, everything apart from the background stars seems to have some degre ...
Space 8.1 notes
... amounts of energy and is held together by its own gravity, keeping it intact Stars are considered luminous because they produce and give off their own light. SUN The sun is an average sized star, as most stars are significantly larger than our sun The sun looks large to our eyes because it is ...
... amounts of energy and is held together by its own gravity, keeping it intact Stars are considered luminous because they produce and give off their own light. SUN The sun is an average sized star, as most stars are significantly larger than our sun The sun looks large to our eyes because it is ...
History Test Review Answers - School District of La Crosse
... 11.The__EGYPTIAN____________culture based their planting of the crops on the rising of the star Sirius, because the Nile would flood about this time. 12. ___HELIOCENTRIC__________model suggest the earth is the center of the solar system 13. The problem with ptolemy's model is he used imaginary ___C ...
... 11.The__EGYPTIAN____________culture based their planting of the crops on the rising of the star Sirius, because the Nile would flood about this time. 12. ___HELIOCENTRIC__________model suggest the earth is the center of the solar system 13. The problem with ptolemy's model is he used imaginary ___C ...
The Dead Guys a.k.a: The development of astronomy
... The Aztecs 1300 A.D. Observations of nature & all its cycles, stars, and seasons. Built pyramids aligned with solar system. Created a writing system. Created a sun stone calendar (sun dial). Mapped out the sky. ...
... The Aztecs 1300 A.D. Observations of nature & all its cycles, stars, and seasons. Built pyramids aligned with solar system. Created a writing system. Created a sun stone calendar (sun dial). Mapped out the sky. ...
THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES The liberal arts and sciences
... – the circumference of the earth was first calculated by Eratosthenes in the 5th century BC by ...
... – the circumference of the earth was first calculated by Eratosthenes in the 5th century BC by ...
The History of Astronomy
... This system explains retrograde motion easily, The Earth was simply passing the by! ...
... This system explains retrograde motion easily, The Earth was simply passing the by! ...
Introduction to Electromagnetism
... Looking ahead SEMINAR 2:15-3:30 4:00 Math-B: Calculus pre-tests Astro-B: start Astrophysics Ch.1 (Carroll & Ostlie) ...
... Looking ahead SEMINAR 2:15-3:30 4:00 Math-B: Calculus pre-tests Astro-B: start Astrophysics Ch.1 (Carroll & Ostlie) ...
AST 220 Introduction to Astronomy
... academic requirements are entitled to reasonable accommodations. It is the student’s responsibility to provide appropriate disability documentation to the College. ...
... academic requirements are entitled to reasonable accommodations. It is the student’s responsibility to provide appropriate disability documentation to the College. ...
AST101_Lect5
... Early History They who do not know history are bound to repeat it. The history of astronomy offers fascinating insights into the nature and development of human thought. ...
... Early History They who do not know history are bound to repeat it. The history of astronomy offers fascinating insights into the nature and development of human thought. ...
ANelsonTalk1
... the morning and the evening star Most famous for his theorem c²= a²+b² This theorem became an integral tool for the measurement of stars ...
... the morning and the evening star Most famous for his theorem c²= a²+b² This theorem became an integral tool for the measurement of stars ...
Document
... Note that as the stars rise and set, they don’t move with respect to one another, but remain fixed as if attached to the celestial sphere. Hence their name: the FIXED STARS. Various patterns or groups of stars were identified and given names by all cultures. Today we call these constellations, but t ...
... Note that as the stars rise and set, they don’t move with respect to one another, but remain fixed as if attached to the celestial sphere. Hence their name: the FIXED STARS. Various patterns or groups of stars were identified and given names by all cultures. Today we call these constellations, but t ...
Gravity
... 4. How did Tycho Brahe attempt to test the ideas of Copernicus? 5. What paths do the planets follow as they move around the Sun? 6. What fundamental laws of nature explain the motions of objects on Earth as well as the motions of the planets? 7. Why don’t the planets fall into the Sun? 8. What keeps ...
... 4. How did Tycho Brahe attempt to test the ideas of Copernicus? 5. What paths do the planets follow as they move around the Sun? 6. What fundamental laws of nature explain the motions of objects on Earth as well as the motions of the planets? 7. Why don’t the planets fall into the Sun? 8. What keeps ...
HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY Largely on the basis of
... motion of the planets across the sky required a new theoretical device. Each planet was assumed to move with uniform velocity around a small circle (the epicycle) that moved around a larger circle (the deferent), with a uniform velocity appropriate for each particular planet. HIPPARCHUS, c.190-120 B ...
... motion of the planets across the sky required a new theoretical device. Each planet was assumed to move with uniform velocity around a small circle (the epicycle) that moved around a larger circle (the deferent), with a uniform velocity appropriate for each particular planet. HIPPARCHUS, c.190-120 B ...
Ancient Greek astronomy
Greek astronomy is astronomy written in the Greek language in classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Greco-Roman, and Late Antiquity eras. It is not limited geographically to Greece or to ethnic Greeks, as the Greek language had become the language of scholarship throughout the Hellenistic world following the conquests of Alexander. This phase of Greek astronomy is also known as Hellenistic astronomy, while the pre-Hellenistic phase is known as Classical Greek astronomy. During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, much of the Greek and non-Greek astronomers working in the Greek tradition studied at the Musaeum and the Library of Alexandria in Ptolemaic Egypt.The development of astronomy by the Greek and Hellenistic astronomers is considered by historians to be a major phase in the history of astronomy. Greek astronomy is characterized from the start by seeking a rational, physical explanation for celestial phenomena. Most of the constellations of the northern hemisphere derive from Greek astronomy, as are the names of many stars, asteroids, and planets. It was influenced by Egyptian and especially Babylonian astronomy; in turn, it influenced Indian, Arabic-Islamic and Western European astronomy.