Classical Physics
Created 3 laws on how objects move
Who is Isaac Newton
Deals with what scale of the universe
What is largest
Deals with what scale of the Universe
What is smallest
Declassified to a dwarf planet in 2006
What is Pluto
Pseudo-science often confused with astronomy
What is astrology?
Resistance objects have when sliding past one another
What is friction
Created the Theory of General Relativity
Who is Albert Einstein
States in which light and atomic particles can exist
What are particles and waves?
First person to regularly use the telescope
Who is Galileo Galilei
Densest known objects in the Universe
What are black holes?
By placing a ball on top of a hill, you are increasing its...
What is potential energy
Expanded black hole theories, wrote A Brief History in Time.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
The large devices used to smash atoms for study
What are Particle Accelerators (Ex: CERN in Switzerland)
Our neighboring Galaxy
What is the Andromeda Galaxy
Current estimate of Universe' age +or- 1/3 of actual value
What is 13.8 billion years old?
Force=...
What is mass*acceleration (ma)
The amount of celestial bodies needed to orbit each other before things descend into chaos
What is the 3 body problem
The name of an equation used to describe and predict Quantum Mechanical systems
What is Schrodinger's equation
Remnants of stars that went supernovae
What are nebulae
Pluto's companion dwarf planet
What is Charon?
How do satellites stay in orbit?
What are Lagrange points, centrifugal force, gravity, velocity perpendicular to G force, etc.
Why is it currently impossible to go the speed of light?
What is E=mc^2 + explanation
States that (1) no more than two electrons can occupy the same orbital and (2) two electrons in the same orbital must have opposite spins
What is the Pauli Exclusion Principle?
How many miles is 1 AU? (Earth to Sun distance) +or- 1/3 of actual value.
What is 93 million miles.
Jupiter's 4 innermost moons, listed in order smallest to largest orbit
What are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?