Ancient Times
Person we talked about who FIRST proposed that Earth was at the center of the Universe
Aristotle
This person observed that Jupiter had Moons
Galileo
Where the Sun is in relation to a planet
at a focus
Person who discovered pulsars
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Two purposes that Astronomy served for ancient peoples
answers vary
This person developed the theory of gravity
Newton
What Newton's version of Kepler's 3rd law allows us to measure.
Mass in space
What started the Space Race? AND What was the goal of the space race?
Launch of Sputnik; Land people on Moon
The astronomer who set up a model of the Universe to be used for 1500 years
Ptolemy
The father of astronomy who promoted the heliocentric model
Copernicus
Eccentricity of an orbit if a=16 and c=14.5. Round to the nearest hundredth.
0.96
Hubble discovered most galaxies are __shifted.
red
Proposed Sun was at the center of the solar system (in ancient times)
Aristarchus
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Explain what Kepler's 2nd law means in your own words.
Where in the orbit a planet moves fastest?
When it is closest to the Sun
Without this person's work, Hubble's work could never have happened
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
This person determined the circumference of the Earth with basic math
Eratosthenes
Mapped the positions of hundreds of stars
Tycho Brahe
P2=a3
A planet orbits every 2.75 years. How far does it orbit its star in AU? Round to the nearest hundredth.
1.96 AU
One of Hubble's discoveries, besides that galaxies are redshifted.
other galaxies exist
FINAL JEOPARDY - Make your wagers
What is a pro and con of using a lunar calendar over a solar calendar?