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28 Cards in this Set
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developed the first radio telescope
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Grote Weber
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the study of the stars and other objects in the universe
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astronomy
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said earth revolved around the sun
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Copernicus
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discovered the law of gravity
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Newton
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giant blue
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hottest stars
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white dwarf
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smallest stars
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true brightness of a star
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absolute magnitude
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"herdsman" constellation
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Bootes
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North Star
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Polaris
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early navigational instrument
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astrolabe
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________ astronomers have made important discoveries in astronomy.
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Amateur
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analyzed the motions of the planets and predicted their motions
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Tycho Brahe
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observed craters on the moon
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Galileo
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a gigantic cloud of dust and gas
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nebula
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this gas was discovered on earth years after it had been discovered on the sun.
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helium
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people living in different _______ see different parts of the sky.
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latitudes
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Astronomers have divided the sky into ____ constellations.
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invented the reflecting telescope
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Isaac Newton
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discovered radio waves from space
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Karl Jansky
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telescopes Keck I and Keck II are located in;
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Hawaii
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discovered Pluto
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Clyde Tombaugh
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the hottest area of the star
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core
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the dark lines in the spectrum were named for:
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Fraunhofer
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the Little Dipper is located in:
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Ursa Minor
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star formations seen in the northern hemisphere during winter:
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Orion and Pleiades
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the constellation identified by his belt:
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Orion
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Rigel, a blue-white star, is located in the constellation:
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Orion
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list these events in chronological order: a)Chandra X-ray Observatory
b)Very Large Array near Socorro,New Mexico c)First artificial satellite d)Radio Telescope in Jodrell Bank, England e)Hubble Space Telescope |
d,c,b,e,a
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