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Motion of the Planets Flashcards

1
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He wrote the Almagest which recorded a sophisticating motion for describing the motion of celestial bodies

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Ptolemy

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His model is very similar to the modern model of the solar system

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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He represented his model to be perfectly aligned

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Aristotle

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First person to devise a model that could explain the retrograde motion

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Eudoxus

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5
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Famous for his heliocentric model

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Aristarchus of Samos

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Devise the “Homocentric Model”

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Eudoxus

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It’s a model that contains three concentric spheres

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Homocentric Model

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Calculated the gravitational force at the leaning tower of piza

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Galileo Galilei

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Born in December 14, 1546

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Tycho Brahe

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The word planet derives from the word what? and what is its meaning?

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planetes - meaning wanderer

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Developed the Geo-Heliocentric Model

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Tycho Brahe

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Described the 48 Constellations

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Ptolemy

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13
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In this model, all the planets orbited the sun, but the sun orbited the earth

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Geo-Heliocentric Model

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He developed the Copernican Heliocentrism and he published it in 1543

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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He proposed that there are more than 777 fixed stars in the sky.

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Tycho Brahe

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16
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Who created the Homocentric Model?

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Eudoxus

17
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He was born in the renaissance?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

18
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His model states that the earth if fixed but other celestial bodies moves

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Ptolemy

19
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He studies medicine and created an early prototype of the telescope

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Nicolaus Copernicus

20
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He has a background for optical lenses and created the spy-glass

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Hans Lippershey

21
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Earth is titled how much on it’s axis?

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23.5 degrees

22
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Studies phases of venus

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Galileo Galilei

23
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What is the closest planet to the sun?

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Mercury

24
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This planet is 11x larger than Earth

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Jupiter

25
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What is the greek name for Jupiter ?

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Zeus

26
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This planet is 870 degrees F

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Venus

27
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This planet has a liquid iron core

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Mercury

28
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This is the largest planet of the solar system

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Jupiter

29
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What is the Greek name of the planet Saturn?

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Kronos

30
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How many Earth days are there in Mars?

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687 days

31
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Who proposed that the stars formed the outermost crystal sphere, followed by the planets, the sun, the moon and the spherical earth at the center

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Plato

32
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How many earth would fit in Saturn’s rings?

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9.4 Earths

33
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How long is a martian day?

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24 Hours 39 Minutes 35 Seconds

34
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What is the greek name for Mercury?

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Hermes

35
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This planet is named after the roman god of war

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Mars/Ares

36
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This planet is named after the roman goddess of beauty

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Venus

37
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What is the greek god related to the planet Venus?

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Aphrodite

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