Stellar Fusion
This is why Jupiter is a planet and does not experience fusion
It does not have enough mass
It is the galaxy that Earth belongs
What is the Milky Way?
He was the man who the R was named after
Who is Russell?
Geocentrism was the theory that this was the center of the Universe
What is the Earth?
It is the main gas in most stars
What is Hydrogen?
This is what results when a proton decays and loses a bet particle
What is a Neutron?
It is the shape of our galaxy
What is a spiral galaxy?
These are the hot cores of old Main Sequence stars
What are White Dwarfs?
Copernicus went against the Church and formed the Heliocentric model which stated this was the center of the Universe and not the Earth
What is Earth?
These are what develops from white dwarfs as they cool
What are Red Dwarfs?
This is the Isotope of Hydrogen in fusion that contains 1 proton and 1 neutron
What is Deuterium?
It is the galaxy closest to ours and heading towards us
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
This is the type of spectral class of our Sun
What is Yellow star?
Scientist believe that the Universe is this age
What is 13 to 14 Billion years?
It is equal to 3.26 light years
What is a parsec?
This is the type of fusion that occurs when three Helium atoms fuse
What is Triple Alpha Fusion?
Approximate number of stars in our Galaxy
What is 100-400 billion?
This star evolves from a Blue Supergiant star as it cools off
What is a Red Supergiant?
Theory that the entire Universe started from one central point
What is the Big Bang Theory?
Approximate number of stars in our Solar System
What is 1?
This is the last element that forms in a Main Sequence Star
What is Iron?
Galaxies that are the most common are these shaped galaxies
What are elliptical galaxies?
This is what the y-axis measures
What is luminosity?
Theory that as an object is moving towards you it appears blue tint
What s the Red Shift Theory?
Proxima Centauri is a binary star in the Milky Way. What makes this double star unique?
It is the closest star to our Solar System