Electromagnetic Spectrum Part 1
The energy emitted or given off by all objects in space. Energy that can travel in the form of waves.
Electromagnetic Radiation
The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of another.
Wavelength
Instruments that collect and focus light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Telescopes
The first space observatory located in space.
The Hubble Space Telescope
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The part of the spectrum that we can see.
Visible Light
Has the longest wavelength.
Radio waves
These telescopes use lenses and mirrors to collect and focus visible light.
Optical telescopes
Hubble uses this to take planetary images of the most distant objects in the solar system.
Advanced visible-light optical technology
This opened in 1962 to help manage the larger Apollo missions to the moon.
John F. Kennedy Space Center
When looking through light through a prism, it is separated into different colors or wavelengths.
Spectrum
Has the shortest wavelength.
Gamma rays
The 2 types of optical telescopes.
Reflecting & Refracting
Space probes that are equipped to photograph and analyze the atmosphere of a planet.
Orbiters
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Culture
The 2 characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum that help scientists understand images captured by satellites.
Wavelength & Frequency
The colors that make up white light.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Have large, curved, reflecting surfaces that focus faint waves. These are large because these waves have very long wavelengths.
Radio Telescopes
Twin space probes that were the first human-made objects to visit the planets of the outer solar system.
Voyager 1 & Voyager 2
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Spin of Earth
Made up of radio waves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, and gamma rays.
Electromagnetic spectrum
These are given off by very hot objects in space.
X-Rays
These telescopes complement data obtained by other methods. These collect different types of electromagnetic radiation.
Nonoptical telescopes
Space probes that are equipped to land on a planet and analyze the materials on its surface.
Landers
This uses the infrared portion of the spectrum to produce images and was launched in 2003.
Spitzer Space Telescope