Basics of Astronomy
The practice of using stars for divination
What is astrology?
When the moon moves in front of the sun, casting a shadow on Earth.
What is an eclipse?
The category of star that our sun is under.
What is a Yellow dwarf, or "G" type
The phase of the moon that is 3/4 full on the right side.
What is a waxing gibbous?
The force that draws two or more objects together.
What is gravity?
The type of astronomy that uses no special instruments.
What is naked eye astronomy?
The two most important naked eye celestial bodies in the sky.
What are the sun and the moon?
The outermost atmosphere of the sun
What is the corona?
The force the moon exerts to the earth that causes oceanic tides.
What is tidal force?
The phenomena when a smaller object orbits a larger object in such a way that only one side of it ever faces the larger object.
What is tidal locking?
A three dimensional infinite expanse
What is space?
A group of stars that corresponds to a shape and is given a name.
What is a constellation?
The type of nuclear reaction that takes place inside a star
What is nuclear fusion?
The resulting season in the southern hemisphere when the North pole is tilted away from the sun.
What is summer?
The visual effect when solar winds interact with Earth's atmosphere.
What is the aurora?
The type of telescope that uses lenses.
What is a refractor telescope?
Celestial bodies that appear to move through the otherwise static field of stars.
What are wandering stars?
The cool spots on the surface of the sun that is caused the the entanglement of magnetic waves.
What are sunspots?
The phenomena when the ocean's tides are at their weakest, caused by the sun and the moon being at right angles to the Earth.
What are Neap Tides?
The shape of most orbit paths in space.
What is an ellipse?
Any object outside Earth's atmosphere.
What is a celestial body?
The five planets that are called wandering stars.
What are mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn?
The "surface" of the sun.
What is the photosphere?
The tide when the moon is either full or new.
What is a spring tide?
The curved path that one object takes around another.
What is an orbit?