Astronomy Flashcards
(47 cards)
Light areas on Moon
Highlands
Dark areas on moon
Maria
How old are the craters on the moon
4 billion
What technology did we leave on the moon
seismograph
Giant Impact Theory
formation of moon
Revolution
year
Rotation
Day
How much is the earth tilted
23.5
Causes seasons
Tilt
Summer solstice the suns rays are 90 degrees to the..
Tropic of Cancer
Winter solstice the suns rays are 90 degrees to the..
Tropic of Capricorn
During the Equinox the axis is pointed towards….
The equator
How many years for earth to wobble
2600
What is earths wobble called
Precession
When lit portion of moon is getting bigger
Waxing
When lit portion is getting smaller
Waning
Earths path around the sun is not smooth because
Pull of the moons gravity
Moon rise changes how many minutes everyday
42 minutes
What planet rains acid
Venus
What planet has a retrograde rotation
venus and uranus
What astronomer wrote math laws in reference to ellipses
Kepler
What astronomer looked at Jupiter and proved the sun was at the center of the solar system
Galileo
What astronomer looked at galaxies and said they were not just clouds of dust
Edwin Hubble
Who incorrectly had us thinking earth was the center of Universe(geocentric)
Aristotle