astronomy Flashcards
(20 cards)
Ptolemy
he was a Greek Roman mathematician
Copernicus
formulated the model of the universe
brahe
Danish astronomer that created models
Kepler
German astronomer
galileo
known for ground breaking astronomical discoveries
Isaac Newton
famous mathematician and astronomer
Hubble
famous American astronomer
Ursa major
constellation in the northern sky
Orion
prominent constellation
Ursa miner
constellation in the northern hemisphere that’s year round
canis major
constellation in the southern hemisphere
Cassiopeia
proniment constellation in the northern hemisphere
red giant
large star that in its later stages of life
white dwarf
a dense hot remenent of the star
main sequence Starr
star in the stable phase of its lifestyle
supernova
powerful explosion of a star
black hole
massive compact astronomical sequence
paralaxx
displacement or shift in an apparent object
light-year
unit of distance
Polaris
star located in the Ursa minor