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    Oedipus Heliocentric Model

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    Aristarchus of Samos was not only an astronomer but also a mathematician. He lived between 310–230 B.C. and belonged to the Pythagorean School of Thought (Heath). His mathematical knowledge helped him to discover great advances in the world of astronomy. His writing The Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is his only surviving text (Aristarchus ‘16). Aristarchus’ description of the solar system was similar to our modern one and this was about 1500 years before Copernicus made his geocentric…

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    While many concepts on astronomy of the ancient Greeks are no longer relevant, many of their ideas were used to guide astronomers today in establishing concepts more valid. The ancient Greeks had no clear division of science and philosophy. Neither did they have separate and developed fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy. The formerly deficient range of information the ancient Greeks had, allowed an individual to become an expert in several fields whereas nowadays, there is…

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    1786. NGC-6543 is located in the northern constellation of Draco; it appears as a blooming center with surrounding and expanding rings. The NGC-6543 has a historical importance because it was the first nebula to be studied spectroscopically by the astronomer William Huggins in 1864; this study revealed the distinctions between PNe and the other gaseous nebulae. When Huggins studied the spectrum of NGC-6543, he found that the spectrum is dominated by discontinuous lines, emission spectrum, rather…

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    Lithium Theory Lab Report

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    The light chemical element lithium is one of the few elements that is predicted to have been created by the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago. But understanding the amounts of lithium observed in stars around us today in the Universe has given astronomers headaches. Most heavy elements are produced during supernovae, as massive stars explode in their death throes. However, these events were believed to be too rare to produce the vast amount of lithuim seen in the modern universe. Starting in the…

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    Discovered in 1930, by the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto was thought to be the farthest, newest and smallest known planet in our solar system. Pluto, for 75 years would be thought of as the ninth planet in our solar system. It wasn’t until the discovery of Eris in 2005 that astronomers began to question what defines a planet. After the discovery of Eris and other celestial objects such as MakeMake, Pluto along these new discoveries have been defined as dwarf planets. They are…

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    Pillars Of Creation

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    Pillars of Creation 3D Display Shows Evaporation A photograph taken by the Hubble Space telescope is thought to be one of the most amazing space photographs ever captured. The “Pillars of Creation,” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Creation] is a picture of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula resembling elephant trunks. The pillars are about seven thousand light years from Earth. The picture is of gas and dust in the middle of creating new stars with illumination coming from…

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    Mauna Kea Research Paper

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    Mauna Kea is a volcano that is dormant that is located on the Big Island of Hawai’i and its name means “White Mountain”. Mauna Kea is known for having the world’s largest astronomical observatory. Currently there are thirteen telescopes that are located near the summit of Mauna Kea, nine of the telescopes are for optical and infrared astronomy, three of them are for submilllimeter wavelength astronomy and one is for radio astronomy. Mauna Kea is a unique site for astronomy because of the…

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    Cavendish, a philosopher, and Maria Winkelman, and astronomer helped advance science. Cavendish wrote many of works on scientific matters including observations upon experimental philosophy. She was critical of the growing belief that humans, through science were the masters of nature. Her contribution to philosophy is widely recognized today however many intellectuals of the time did not take her work seriously. The most famous female astronomer in Germany was Maria Winkelman. She received…

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    Thomas Friedman's Essay

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    1966), which has a contradictory element behind it as it highlights the difference between positive and normative economies. By the end of the essay, I would have established whether astronomers were or were not following a method like Friedman’s in the shift from Ptolemy’s “Earth Centric” model of…

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    Maya contributions to astronomy influenced life in colonial America. The Maya were extremely talented astronomers who believed manifestations of the gods came in visible form through celestial bodies and their movements. Priests and other Maya astronomers studied the motion of these celestial bodies, believing they could see the gods walk across the sky. They observed and recorded the movements of the stars and planets to collect these celestial signs that foreshadowed disasters, destinies of…

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