Celestial motion
If earth's revolution stayed the same, but the rotation switched direction, where would celestial bodies rise
What is the west?
Tycho Brahe's data let Kepler to the realization that Copernicus was correct in creating this type of model
What is heliocentric?
The constellation with Polaris
What is Ursa Minor?
The moon is what fraction the size of the Earth
What is 1/50th?
The opposite of popular Instagram photoshoots
What is blue hour?
Copernicus said that the orbits of the planets was what shape
What is elliptical?
This represents the relative brightness of the stars as we see them in the sky
What is absolute magnitude?
Mars is what fraction of the Earth
What is ~1/2?
Marky Mark's twin took an accidental pitstop somewhere. What is the name of this somewhere backwards?
What is SRAM?
True or False, the moon and the sun can never be above the horizon at the same time
What is false?
What is the Egyptians because the Nile River flooded?
Of the three stars, which is "actually" the brightest?
Star A: 5 m
Star B: 10 m
Star C: 15 m
What is Star A?
True or False, Uranus is smaller than Neptune
What is false?
Even this could not deter Bruce Willis
What is a pending asteroid impact?
Retrograde motion is the occasional ____________ motion of the planets relative to the ____________
What is westward and stars?
Albert Einstein said these two factors can adjust to maintain the constant nature of the speed of light
What is time and space?
Luminosity depends on
What is a star's temperature and radius?
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun
What is 1 AU?
Intensive heat flashes can disrupt frequency
What is solar flares?
The days the sun passes across the celestial equator and night and day are equal length
This Greek philosopher reasoned that the Earth was spherical because circles were considered perfect shapes
What is Pythagoras?
Constellations are visible at different times throughout the year due to
What is the nighttime side of Earth is facing different parts of our galaxy as Earth orbits the Sun?
What is Uranus?
We love this little guy and some say goodnight to it, but it's gradually leaving us
What is the moon?