Ancient civilizations like the Greeks‚ Romans‚ Mayans and Egyptians used astronomy in many different ways. The Egyptians knew that when the star Sirius was ahead of the sun the Nile river would soon flood the land. All the civilizations used astronomy as a tool to tell them when the seasons would change. Greeks and Romans named the planets after their Gods because they believed the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ and planets were controlled by Gods. Ancient people used tools like an astrolabe to help them make
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The Ancient Greek culture has had such an impact on the world that no matter where you look you ’re sure to find something Greek about it. Out of all the areas that the Greek culture is famous for there are two that tend to exert themselves into our own culture even today. That would be their Science and Astronomy fields. If one were to look up in a library books about ancient Greek science and astronomy they would have a mountain of books to sift through. There seem to be so many individuals
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long time where tremendous evolution has been made. There are factors in which significant history can happen. This includes time period‚ people‚ type of event‚ and the achievement. An important time period was the Golden Age in Greece. The major achievement was government. The most significant person in history was Jesus Christ. A crucial event that happened was the plague. All four parts have paved the way to present day and has shaped modern civilizations. The most important time period
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Astronomy 1 Name _________________________ Exam 1 (chap 1-5) I. Multiple Choice. Select all correct answers. 1. Which of the planets known to the ancient astronomers can never be seen high overhead at night? a) Mercury b) Venus c) Mars d)Saturn e) Jupiter 2. On the first day of spring‚ the Sun sets a) north of west b) directly west c) south of west d) can’t answer‚ it depends where you are on Earth. 3. One-hundred arcminutes
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Astronomy Kerry Boettcher 6th Grade – Zoller Overview Children are enchanted by the twinkling stars in their night sky. Often one of the first songs we teach them‚ and that they then love to sing over and over‚ is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." This early connection between the music and words of this familiar old song and the actual lights above them is the beginning of understanding the vastness
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Time is said to be eternal. It is said that it has neither a beginning nor an end. Yet men are able to measure it as years‚ months‚ days‚ hours‚ minutes and seconds. They have also given meanings to the words – past‚ present and future. True‚ time has a meaning. It moves. What was yesterday is not today. What is today will not be tomorrow. Yesterday is gone. Today is and tomorrow is yet to come. Yet time is said to have no holiday. It exists always. The entire creation moves on according to a time
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Brian Mulder Astronomy 248 Term Paper Interstellar Space Travel: What does it hold for the future? Is space travel possible? This seems to be the question that everyone is wondering. If you take a look at the media it’s been all over the place. All sorts of movies depict space travel as easy as riding a bike. All you have to do is hop in your space cruiser‚ kick it in to hyper drive and boom! You are now visiting your friends on the other side of the galaxy‚ only a few ten thousand
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BIGGER units of distance: • Some commonly used distance units: 1 ly (light year) = Distance traveled by light in 1 year = 9.46 trillion km 1 AU (astronomical unit) = average distance between the Sun & Earth = 150 million km A unit of distance‚ not time. Often confused because of Suppose we define the unit: “a day’s drive”. Say we drive 100km/hr The light year and we are prepared to drive for 8 hours in one day. What distance can we travel in that day? Measures of Astronomical Distances
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Stephanie Sanchez Figueroa Instructor: Vincent Tobin Astronomy 100 November 29‚ 2014 My Astronomy Interview Astronomy is the branch of science that deals with celestial objects‚ space‚ and the physical universe as a whole. The topics that I learned in my astronomy class include the sun and other stars‚ solar system‚ stellar evolution‚ galaxies‚ and the universe itself. Most of the topics were very interesting to me‚ because I learned a lot about the universe I live in. Although‚ I now have some
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GCSE Astronomy Topic 1 Key Facts The Earth Eratosthenes first measured the circumference of the Earth accurately. He measured the altitude of the Sun North of a place where the Sun was at the zenith at exactly the same time. Knowing the distance and the angle one can work out the circumference. The Earth is a slightly flattened sphere with average diameter 13‚000km The Earth takes 23 hours 56 minutes to rotate. This is a sidereal day. The Earth is the only known planet with liquid water and a range
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