Astronomers
In 1543 Niclaus Copernicus posited what?
That the sun was at the center of our solar system and we orbited it
Comets can produce this type of shower when debris enters the atmosphere
Meteor shower
Are the constellations the same everywhere on Earth?
No, constellations change. the Southern and Northern hemispheres have different constellations. Some like Orion are only seen part of the year due to the Earths tilt
This term describes the line on a planet where day becomes night
Terminator Line
creating propulsion by knocking electrons off of propellant, generally xenon, this engine is known as?
Ion Engine (The twin ion engine is what propels the spacecraft of the Empire in Star Wars. Ion Engines are real though)
Who came up with the scientific theory of Geocentrism?
Ptolemy
Halleys Comet produces what two meteor showers?
Eta Aquarids and Orionids
how many Dipper Constellations are there?
2. the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper
This is described as the point of a black hole where nothing, not even light can escape
Event Horizon
What Philip is going to school to study, this field is the broad application of science and engineering to aerospace operations
astronautical engineering
Planets orbiting in ellipses instead of perfect circles was an idea by this 16th century Mathemitician
Johannes Kepler
meteor showers are named after what?
Their point of origin in relation to the constellations (Such as the Orionids coming from the constellation Orion)
Looking like a 2 year olds W this constellation is made up of 5 stars
Cassiopeia
What is the velocity 299,792,458 Metres per Second known as? 300,000 KM/S or 186,000 Ml/s
The speed of light about Mach 874030
This is when a planets magnetic field flips
Geomagnetic Reversal
In 1801 this man discovered Ceres, the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system
Giuseppe Piazzi
this meteor shower is usually active in November
Leonids
Latin for fish this constellation is also one of the zodiac signs
Pisces
when a star explodes its known as going...?
Supernova
The Fermi Paradox is the hypothetical answer the what question?
Why we have not met aliens yet
Who discovered the dwarf planet Eris?
A team out of the Palomar Observatory led by Mike Brown in 2005
What is the biggest and largest comet?
Comet Hyakutake has the longest tail (500 million KM from the nucleus and Comet Hale-Bopp has the largest nucleus of any comet)
Named after a ythological Greek hero this constellation is found in the Northern Sky and is made up of 19 stars
Perseus
making up around 80 percent of the known universe this substance cannot be seen or observed
Dark Matter
How many countries have been to the moon
There are several answers. 1 country has landed humans on the moon, 3 have sent probes to the moon, US, Russia, and China, and 5 have sent probes to orbit the moon