Celestial
The sky above formed as a dome shape.
What is the Celestial Sphere?
A people who had a 365 day calendar made of picture symbols.
Who were the ancient Egyptians?
Who was Ptolemy?
This is the equation for something's velocity or speed.
This is the official number of constellations.
What does the number 88 mean?
The highest point above you in the Celestial Sphere.
A people who used stones to keep track of the Sun and the Moon.
Who were the ancient British?
Who was Aristarchus of Samos?
This extension of an object can be used to determine its height if it is too tall to measure otherwise.
What is the shadow of an object?
Apparent movement backwards (caused by orbital motion).
What is Retrograde Motion?
The parallel extensions of the North and South poles into space.
What are the Celestial Poles?
A people who had a sophisticated calendar based on Venus.
Who were the ancient Mayans?
He was an ancient Greek, who was able to determine the circumference of the Earth.
Who was Eratosthenes?
A2 + B2 = C2
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
*DAILY DOUBLE* The apparent shifting of an object’s direction, relative to its surroundings, as a result of the observer’s movement.
What is Parallax?
A line that is equal distance from each pole, extended into space.
What is the Celestial Equator?
A people who recorded many astronomical events, such as comets and supernova.
Who were the ancient Chinese?
This man was an ancient Greek, who discovered the Earth wobbles a bit, in something called Precession.
Who was Hipparchus?
*DAILY DOUBLE* The values of the angles for the right triangle on the board.
What are 53.1301 and 36.8698?
23.5 degrees.
How much is the Earth titled by?
One area of two where you can see some of the same stars all year round, but none in the opposing area.
What is the Circumpolar Zone?
A people that could navigate the seas for hundreds of kilometers.
Who were the ancient Polynesians?
He was a very ancient Greek, who believed circles were the "perfect form", so Earth must be a sphere (a 3D circle).
Who was Pythagoras?
He is the one who invented Geometry, and has spent many of his days spreading peace, prosperity, and mathematics to all who would listen.
Who is SOH CAH TOA?