Big Bang
What is the Big Bang and when did it occur?
The beginning of Time and Space and it occurred 13.7 billion years ago.
What two forces are at equilibrium inside a star?
Gravity and Fusion
What are asteroids and where do we find them?
They are smaller rocks in space and they are found mostly in the asteroid belt between mars and jupiter
This planet is mostly gas, but might have a planet-sized diamond at the center. It also has a large Red eye.
Jupiter
What was named after Hubble?
The Hubble Telescope
What is the Cosmic Background Radiation?
The echo of the big bang in the form of Microwaves
What type of fusion is happening in:
a. Sun-sized main sequence stars?
b. Red Giant stars?
c. Supermassive stars?
a. Hydrogen to Helium
b. Helium to Carbon
c. Fusion up to Iron
What are comets and what is their special feature?
They are balls of mostly ice and rock. The ice vaporizes allowing them to have a tail.
This planet is about the size of our moon, has no atmosphere, and is either very hot or very cold. Has the fastest orbit.
Mercury
What did Isaac Newton do?
Laws of gravity
What are the most common elements in the universe?
Hydrogen and Helium
What is the end of a low mass star?
Black Dwarf
What is a Meteor
A comet or Asteroid that has entered earth's atmosphere and has started to burn giving off light.
This planet might have frozen water on it. Next destination for NASA and Space X
mars
What did Kepler do?
Laws of orbital motion
Who discovered that the universe was expanding
Hubble
What are the two ending for a Supermassive star and what is the determining factor?
Either a neutron star or a black hole if the mass of the core is >3 suns then the star becomes a black hole.
What is a meteroid?
A meteor that was sent back out into space.
This planet is most like earth but way too hot.
Venus
What did Albert Einstein do?
Theory of relativity
When we look at the spectra (light) from other galaxies, how is this light altered and what is the cause for this?
It is called Red shift or the Doppler effect and the light appears to shift to the red end due to the expanding universe
What do the colors of a star mean?
Red= cold Blue= HOT
What is a meteorite?
This is not a planet
Pluto
What did brahe do?
Recorded accurate data of the planets Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and our moon.