Apparent Motions
This season has the least amount of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Sun is classified by this star type.
What is the Main Sequence?
This object is the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
Earth's tilt is this many degrees.
What is 23.5°?
This planet is closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
This is the day when the Earth is seen highest in the sky at solar noon in New York State.
What is June 21st?
This star has a temperature of approximately 9,000 K and luminosity about 1 to 20 times greater than the Sun's luminosity.
What is Sirius?
Compared to the terrestrial planets, the Jovian planets are THESE! (two)
What are larger diameters and have lower densities?
When the side of the moon facing Earth is fully lit, observers see.
What is a Full Moon?
The length of an Earth year is determined by the time required for approximately one of these.
What is Earth's revolution?
The sun appears to move across the sky because of this.
What is the Earth rotates on its axis?
When viewed from Earth, the light from very distant galaxies shows this color shift.
What is red shift?
Our solar system has this many planets.
What is 8?
The deflection of planetary winds (the Coriolis Effect) is a direct result of the.
What is the rotation of Earth?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This planet has the most moons.
What is Saturn?
The spinning of Earth on its axis causes the apparent rising and setting of these.
What is the sun and the moon?
Cosmic background radiation supports this.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
This object in our solar system has the greatest density.
What is the Earth?
Certain constellations are not viewed all year round because of this.
What is Earth's revolution around the Sun?
This planet has the most eccentric orbit.
What is Mercury?
Double Jeopardy: This is the altitude of Polaris when viewed from the North Pole.
What is 90°N?
Polaris appears to do this in the night sky to an observer in New York State.
What is appear stationary?
Our solar system is THIS old.
What is 4.5 billion years?
Use your printed handout to answer: Summer in the Northern Hemisphere happens at this letter.
What is B?
This planet has an eccentricity most similar to our own.
What is Neptune?