Time
How long is a sidelateral day?
23 hours 56 minutes 4.1 seconds
This is the motion of a celestial body along a path around the sun.
What is Revolution?
Annular vs Total eclipse?
Annular is when the moon is farther away from the earth so it's umbra doesn't reach the earth
Which way is the earth rotating?
Counterclockwise
This is the word for when a moon is decreasing in its moon phase and showing less light.
What is waning?
Midnight sun?
When the sun doesn't fully set in the north pole
Earth's rate of revolution is approximately hour degrees per day?
1 degree per day
The phase of the moon where no light is seen is called
What is a new moon?
What is the summer solstice vs winter solstice?
First day of summer in the North vs first day of winter.
How much is earth tilted in different times of the year?
Earth is tilted by 23.45° and the declination angle varies plus or minus this amount. Only at the spring and fall equinoxes is the declination angle equal to 0°.
Eccentricity
How ovular the ellipses are
What is the Corona?
Sun's atmosphere
Vernal Equinox vs Autumnal Equinox?
Spring starts in the northern hemisphere vs fall starts.
The earth isn't tilted.
When the Moon is completely in light, it is referred to as this phase.
What is a full moon?
Aphelion vs perihelion?
Aphelion- farthest point from the sun in a planet's orbit.
Perihelion- closest point
Synodic period?
the amount of time a planet or moon takes to go back to the same location with respect to the Sun
Polaris
The North Star
What are plumes?
Streamers of gas near the Sun's equator
Light years
light travels 5.88 trillion miles per year
Penumbra vs umbra?
intermediate part of the shadow vs shadow from moon
How old is the universe?
14 billion years (13.8 billion years)
What is the zenith?
the highest point of a planet.
Why are some constellations visible during summer months and not visible during winter months?
The earth's revolution around the sun prevents us from seeing the same constellation across it's orbit.
What is Solar eclipse?
When the moon is between the Sun and the Earth
Proton vs electrons vs neutrons what do they mean?
Tiger will know
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth is between the Sun and Moon
When in its orbit do planets travel faster and slower?
When it's closer to the Sun it travels slower and when it is farther away from the Sun it travels faster
longitude vs latitude
latitude goes parallel to the equator while longitude runs from pole to pole
Major axis of an ellipse?
Longest line that can be drawn inside an ellipse
Bailey's beades?
The lights coming from the sun on the edge of the moon that happens during the partial phase