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astr109 the cosmos: birth & evolution - canterbury uni 2022s1

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🚌 W1 L1 & L2 - introduction and brief tour of the Cosmos
No deck description has yet been added by the author.
15  cards
📍W2 L1 - Looking at the sky - Mapping the heavens
Using coordinates in the sky
22  cards
📍W2 L2 - Looking at the sky - Cycles and phases
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27  cards
🌊W3 L1 & L2 - Noticing patterns in the sky - navigating the Pacific
Learn about different objects visible in the sky and how Polynesians navigated the Pacific
21  cards
🪐W4 L1 - Explaining patterns - Paths of planets - orbits and Kepler's Laws
Learn how humans developed their understanding of the Solar System and planetary motion.
20  cards
🪐W4 L2 - Explaining patterns - Mass, gravity, and tides
Learn about mass, spacetime, gravity, orbits, and tides.
30  cards
🔭W5 L1 - The nature of light - detection with telescopes
Learn how telescopes detect electromagnetic radiation
31  cards
🔭W5 L2 - The nature of light - light & atoms as messengers
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24  cards
⭐️W6 L1 - Powering stars - The power of stars
What process powers the stars?
33  cards
⭐️W6 L2 - Powering stars - Planet formation and migration
How and where planets form in both our own solar system and around other stars.
26  cards
🇮🇳W7 L1 - Brief history of astronomy and mathematics in India
How Indian astronomers and mathematicians stored astronomical knowledge
6  cards
🌎W7 L2 - Properties of planets
How we explore the solar system, and what we've learned about other planets.
29  cards
W8 L1 - Habitability
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21  cards
W8 L2 -
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23  cards
W9 L1 - Life cycle of stars
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32  cards
W10 L1 - Galaxy types and features
Summarises the shapes of galaxies and the cyclical processes within them
30  cards
W10 L2 - Galaxies - Black holes and quasars
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13  cards

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