astronamy Flashcards

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a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer

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Ptolemy

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mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe

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Copernicus

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Danish nobleman, astronomer

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Brahe, Tycho

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German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer

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Kepler, Johannes

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an Italian polymath

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Galileo

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English mathematician, astronomer, theologian,

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Newton, Isaac

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an American astronomer

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Hubble, Edwin

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8
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a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.

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Ursa major

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9
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an American astronomer

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Ursa minor

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a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.

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Orion

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11
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an American astronomer

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Canis major

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12
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a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.

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Cassiopeia

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13
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an American astronomer

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Red giant

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14
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a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.

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White dwarf

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15
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a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.

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Main-sequence star

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16
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a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass

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Supernova

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a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter

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Black hole

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the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions

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Parallax

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a unit of length used to express astronomical distances.

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Light-year

20
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commonly the North Star or Pole Star

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Polaris