Types of Astronomy
What are the four types of Astronomy?
Astrogeology, Astrometry, Astrophysics< and Astrobiology.
What is the most common instrument of Astronomy?
Telescope
What is Astronomy?
A branch of science that deals with space and the universe.
What is an orbit?
A path that an object in space takes repeatedly around another one.
True or False:
All four types of Astronomy tie together
True
What does Astrogeology study?
Rocks and Terrain
What are the two types of telescopes?
Reflecting and Refracting
Who created Astronomy?
Nicolas Copernicus
What are the two types of satellites?
Natural and Artificial
True or false
Today we generically use the Islamic Calendar
False- Gregorian Calendar
What does Astrophysics study?
It studies the movement in space and applies the laws of physics.
Name three instruments of Astronomy.
(If you know more than the ones we named, you will get an extra 100 points)
Telescope, Sundial, Camera, Spectroscope, astronomical clock
(the ones we named)
Name two historical events in space and when they happened.
Answers can vary.
What kind of satellite would the earth be considered?
Natural satellite
True or False:
We covered two types of time today. Astronomical and Universal.
False. Universal time is the same as Astronomical time
What is an example of something Astrobiology would study?
Anything that includes life outside of Earth.
What instrument captures the detail and color of faint objects in the night sky such as galaxies and star clusters?
Camera
What is astronomical time?
It is the repetition of astronomical events for setting frequency standards
What type of satellite records data to send back to earth?
Artificial satellite
True or false:
Who was USA racing against to be the first to go to space?
Russia
What does Astrometry study?
Mapping celestial bodies
Spectroscopes records _____ for examination.
Spectra.
When was astronomy invented?
Unknown
Name three natural satellites.
True or False:
Astrometry uses Newton's laws of motion to study the movements in space.
False. Astrophysics.