Europa

objects were Jupiter’s moons and it orbited it just like Earth. This was the first time that objects orbiting other planet than earth had been noticed, and this weakened Ptolemaic model. Today these four moons are known as the Galilean satellites; Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. [4] In addition, Galileo presented the first primal mapping of the major stars of Earth's galaxy, the Milky Way. Based on brightness only, he mapped the largest stars into seven concentric circles which he called…

seeing as Jupiter rotates every 10 hours. Jupiter has several moons; there are 64 known moons in orbit around Jupiter with more being suspected. The largest four moons are Io, which is the body with the most volcanic active in our Solar System, Europa, which is covered in frozen water, which could be covering a slushy, liquid ocean of water, Ganymede, this moon is actually larger than Mercury, and happens to be the only moon in the Solar System that generates a magnetic field on its own, and…

According to the World Hunger Organization, 250 million preschool children are vitamin A deficient. An estimated 250,000 to 500,000 vitamin A deficient children become blind every year, half of them dying within 12 months of losing their sight. In the article Golden Illusion the Broken Promises of “Golden” Rice by Janet Cotter, many interesting points were brought up concerning how genetically engineered rice is a futile approach to solving the Vitamin A deficiency problem. The author’s main…

Compare and Contrast: FC Barcalona Vs. Real Madrid CF Introduction Throughout the history of the sport of football, a sport created by the English in the mid- 19th century, many spectacular European teams have risen, but nothing will compare to the two Spanish giants that conquer the game of football. Those two teams are the mighty F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F., also known as “Los Blancos,” which, translates to the whites representing their team colors. These teams have created many…

What is space? Is it an endless void of aimless wander, a gold mine of opportunity, or our only way that we can save ourselves from the potential decline and destruction of humanity? For the previous fifty years this planet has seen more disgusting mistreatment of nature and the natural way of things than in all of Earth’s history. The planet is in decline and if we do nothing to set things right, we will soon see the collapse of modern society. A combination of pollution, global warming, and…

One trait that all of mankind has in common, is that every human has the desire to explore. Once humans had explored and discovered most of Earth, aside from the oceans, humans turned to the sky. Since man first gazed up at the stars humans have wondered, what all is out there? Mankind’s knowledge about the universe has immensely expanded following the early space exploration missions. The question now is, how did the universe come to be, as well as how can this information be used to enable…

Another difference between the Wampanoag and Cherokee was in the way they understand how to own their lands. Wampanoag agreed to share or sell their lands to the European Americans and they refused to take the payments. In the Wampanoag tradition, they believed the lands and all creatures were the gifts from God and everyone deserved to get it but they must protect it. It made the European Americans easily take Wampanoag’s lands and declare as their lands. The European Americans started an…

Art resembles that of a teacher. It takes viewers on a journey somewhere to a certain setting with something taking place despite its still nature. Art teaches many lessons in many different subjects. To put it simply, art is a form of expression in which one displays their knowledge or opinions. For example the painting Landscape With the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel the Elder tells the tale of pride, punishment, and the unsympathetic nature of mankind by using characters as symbols and…

Sadia Usman Professor Acoppola Lit237 10/27/2014 In the seventeenth century, scientist and philosophers were lacking the instruments to make observations and further their experiments. The seventeenth century was also known as the scientific revolution. During the scientific revolution, philosophers mainly confided in people from the church and the ancient world. Before the scientific revolution, the Europeans were uneducated about science. The knowledge they had was in the hands of the…

Zeus, meaning, bright or sky, was born of the parents, Cronus and Rhea. Zeus was the last child of his parents. Cronus, before Zeus was born, was warned by his parents that one of his children would over throw him. So for each of the children that Cronus had, the child would be swallowed by him. However, Rhea, tricked Cronus into thinking Zeus was in a blanket, although, it was just a rock in a blanket. Rhea tricked Cronus, so she could save Zeus. Rhea then had sent Zeus to the Greek island of…