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Exam I
The Cosmic Landscape
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Chapter 1 History of Astronomy
1.1 Prehistoric Astronomy
The Celestial Sphere
Constellations
Motions of the Sun and Stars
The Seasons
The Planets and the Zodiac
The Moon
Eclipses
1.2 Early Ideas of the Heavens
Classical Astronomy
The Shape of the Earth
The Size of the Earth
Distance and Size of the Sun and Moon
The Motion of the Planets
Ptolemy
Islamic Contributions
Asian Contributions
Essay 2: Keeping Time
Length of the Daylight Hours
The Day
Time Zones
Universal Time
Daylight Saving Time
The Month
The Calendar
Leap Year
Religious Calendars
Other Calendars
Names of the Months and Days
The Abbreviations
Chapter 6 The Moon
6.1 Description of the Moon
General Features
Surface Features
Origin of Lunar Surface Features
6.2 Structure of the Moon
Crust and Interior
The Absence of Atmosphere
1.3 Astronomy in the Renaissance
Copernicus
Tycho and Kepler
Galileo
6.3 Orbit and Motions of the Moon
The Moon’s Rotation
Oddities of the Moon’s Orbit
1.4 Isaac Newton and the Birth of Astrophysics
6.4 Origin and History of the Moon
1.5 The Growth of Astrophysics
New Discoveries
New Technologies
The Nature of Matter and Heat
The Kelvin Temperature Scale
6.5 Eclipses
Rarity of Eclipses
Appearance of Eclipses
6.6 Tides
Cause of Tides
Solar Tides
Tidal Braking
Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy
Learning the Constellations
Star Lore
Amateur Astronomy
Small Telescopes
Star Charts
Celestial Coordinates
Planetary Configurations
Your Eyes at Night
6.7 Moon Lore
Ch. 7 Survey of the Solar system
Chapter 2 Gravity and Motion
2.1 Solving the Problem of Astronomical Motion
2.2 Inertia
2.3 Orbital Motion and Gravity
7.1 Components of the Solar system
The Sun
The Planets
Two Types of Planets
Satellites
Asteroids and Comets
Composition Differences
Densities of Planets
Age of the Solar System
2.9 Escape Velocity
7.2 Origin of the Solar System
Interstellar Clouds
Formation of Solar Nebula
Condensation
Accretion and Planetesimals
Formation of the Planets
Formation of Moons
Final Stages of Planet Formation
Formation of Atmospheres
Cleaning up the Solar System
Chapter 5 The Earth
7.3 Other Planetary Systems
2.4 Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Acceleration
Mass
2.5 The Law of Gravity
2.6 Newton’s Third Law of Motion
2.7 Measuring an Object’s Mass Using Orbital Motion
2.8 Surface Gravity
5.1 The Earth as a Planet
5.2 The Earth’s Interior
5.3 The Age of the Earth
5.4 Motions in the Earth’s Interior
5.5 The Earth’s Atmosphere
5.6 The Earth’s Magnetic Field
5.7 Motions of the Earth
The Coriolis Effect
Precession
Equations that appear on Exam I
Sky Chart for Study Purposes
Stars or constellations you should know how to find on a blank star chart:
Stars:
Constellations:
Polaris
Ursa Major (“Big Dipper”)
Procyon \
Ursa Minor (“Little Dipper”)
Sirius
--“Winter Triangle”
Cepheus
Betelgeuse /
Cassiopeia
Pleiades cluster
Andromeda
Capella
Auriga
Aldebaran
Taurus
Regulus
Leo
Andromeda galaxy
Orion