Young Discoverer Series UNIVERSE NICKNAMES OF PLANETS: Mercury – Speedy Messenger. Venus – Morning or Evening Star. Earth – The Blue Planet. Mars – The Red Planet. Jupiter – Jove or the Galilean System. Saturn – The Ringed Planet. Uranus – Father Sky. Neptune – The Windy Planet. Pluto – The Ice Planet. DEFINITIONS: STAR: A huge body made of hot luminous gas that is held together by its own gravity. Compared to other stars‚ our Sun is a star of average size and energy. PLANET: A large
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literal meaning‚ the poem recaptures a moment when the speaker is taking a walk along a shoreline filled with a copious amount of daffodils. The flowers represent peace and happiness as they are described as “stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way” (stanza 2). The use of similes is abundant in this poem and gives the reader an even better feeling of what’s happening. Even title and the very first line are similes when the speaker describes himself as a lonely cloud. The word “lonely” can
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Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ Poem William Wordsworth wrote Daffodils on a stormy day in spring‚ while walking along with his sister Dorothy near Ullswater Lake‚ in England. He imagined that the daffodils were dancing and invoking him to join and enjoy the breezy nature of the fields. Dorothy Wordsworth‚ the younger sister of William Wordsworth‚ found the poem so interesting that she took ’Daffodils’ as the subject for her journal. The poem contains six lines in four stanzas‚ as an appreciation
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Hubble was commissioned a Captain‚ and served in the 343rd infantry and rose to the rank of Major. After the war‚ he did take a job at Mt. Wilson. While working at Mt. Wilson‚ Hubble proved that there were other galaxies existed‚ outside the Milky Way. By taking many photographs through the 100-inch reflecting Hooker telescope he devised a classification system for the various galaxies he observed. He divided galaxies into elliptical‚spiral‚barred spirals‚ and irregular galaxies.Not only that
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III Prof. Anca Constantin Assignment #3 Due date: 9/18/12 at the start of class. Please use a different piece of paper to show your calculations and your answers. Problem 1: The distribution of stars in the Galaxy’s disk (fyi: Galaxy = Milky Way; galaxy = any other galaxy ) can be approximated by an exponential function. If stars dominate the mass distribution of the disk‚ we can then say that the mass distribution of the disk follows an exponential function‚ like this: Σ(r) = Σ0 e−r/h
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experienced. We miss out all the little things in life which are also the most crucial parts in life. William Wordsworth saw the little things in nature that we cannot see‚ he communicates with the nature. He saw the “stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way” and the “waves beside them danced”. Once we are in solitude and
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Looking Into Space: Questions: 1. A galaxy is a collection of planets of stars and space. The name of our galaxy is the “milky way”‚ and its shape is of a spiral. 2. Another galaxy found in space is called “Andromeda”. 3. There are millions upon millions of galaxies in the universe. 4. Cosmology is the study of the cosmos. 5. Light Year: The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year‚ approximately 9.46 trillion (9.46 × 1012) kilometers or 5.88 trillion (5.88 × 1012) miles. Star:
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lonely as a cloud That floats on high o ’er vales and hills‚ When all at once I saw a crowd‚ A host‚ of golden daffodils; Beside the lake‚ beneath the trees‚ Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way‚ They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance‚ Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay‚ In such
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Mills Hunter Camp Mr. David Kelty English 105 3 December 2012 Threats From Space on Earth There are seven possible scenarios which scientists believe if occur‚ could naturally end this planet and humanity‚ the world as we know it. Orbital change‚ rotational change‚ collisions with the Earth‚ the big rip‚ the sun‚ black holes‚ and other systems going out of whack can cause events that could potentially cause an end to life on Earth. People have theorized about an end to the planet or people
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the questions asked by faith. They both seek truth‚ but in different dimensions. For example‚ she uses the cosmos in Genesis‚ to debate this idea. I really agree with the way she explained this idea‚ because I think science and religion go together. However‚ I don’t think they are searching for exactly the same idea in the same way‚ which is why they seem contradictory. One of the most compelling aspects of her talk‚ was just the sheer size of the universe. The fact that looking through a straw produces
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