Lunar phase

Background or History: The werewolf dates back as far as 8 A.D in a poem titled “Metamorphoses”, written by Ovid, a Roman poet. The poem is a very long collection of mythological stories told in a chronological order from the beginning of time until the end of Julius Caesar’s death. This poem is believed to be the oldest written record of metamorphosis in history. Oxford Dictionaries defines metamorphosis as “a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one,…

There are many ways elements of the universe correlate to man-made matters, such as keeping time or organizing events, in a systematic manner. A common method of maintaining events and time in order is by the use of a calendar; a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information. Not all calendars are arranged identically, as events and holidays can fall on different days each year, and time can be measured by different…

of Earth’s gravity, and to reach orbit, you need 0.1% of force is required to reach Lunar orbit. Another major difference is Weight, an entire Atlas V rocket weighs about 737,400 pounds, whereas the Apollo lander weighed about 36,200 pounds. That’s only 5% of the entire mass of an Atlas V rocket. So all in all, you can launch something that weighs 36,200 pounds, with 0.1% of the required force and fuel to reach lunar escape velocity. This means you can simply launch a payload from the surface of…

shape of the moon. We will use questions to during each stage of our 5E model to Engage: During the engage phase we would begin the lesson with a small group…

NASA has recently discovered a new planet Yelger in the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the right distance from the sun to support life. It is the same size and mass as Earth. It takes 700 Earth days to revolve around the sun(360 on Earth), and takes 20 Earth hours to rotate around its axis(24 on Earth). It’s temperatures are about the same as on Earth, and has a tilt of 45º. It’s moon is the same distance away from Earth but it twice the mass and size. Because Yelger takes 20 hours to rotate on it’s…

surface. When we look at the moon, we see its phases. We see the different phases because of the Moon's position around Earth. This cycle has a 29 & 1/2 day orbit; in which, we see 8 different phases: Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent, and New Moon. When the Moon looks like it's increasing, we say it’s Waxing, and when it's decreasing, we call it Waning. We say that the current phase is a New Moon is when we can't see the…

1959. Of these, the Luna 3 orbited the Moon, took photographs of the dark side, which is not visible from Earth, and then scanned and transmitted those images. In the decade that followed, 19 other missions had as its goal the Moon. In 1970 a Soviet lunar vehicle landed and was able to return with a sample of rock. Later that same year another vehicle, the "Lunokhod”, landed and explored the Moon through remote control, for almost a year. It was able to return to Earth with samples and it was…

able to return the crew to earth safely while further advancing progress in the space race. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission installment in the American Apollo Space Program, and was intended to be the third lunar landing, although that did not go to plan. It was a failed lunar landing, but it failed before they even considered landing on the moon with an oxygen tank exploding shortly after liftoff. This mission hurt NASA in the fact that it was a failed mission, but it helped them in…

monument over three phases. Archaeologists are still not sure what the main function of the Stonehenge was. There are debates on what the exact function for the Stonehenge. Some archaeologist say that it was a cremation site, while other archeologists argue by stating it that it was built as a relief site, or an astronomy site. The Stonehenge was constructed over three phases. Phase one is the earliest form of construction, which dates back to the early third millennium. This phase consisted…

Astronomy, the study of the universe, is said to be the oldest of the sciences. Ancient civilizations observed heavenly events such as the passage of days and nights and the phases of the moon. From ancient times until the Renaissance, astronomy was orientated on the most accurate description of motions of celestial bodies observed with the naked eye: stars, and mainly planets including the Sun and the Moon. One aspect of the sky which does not appear to change is the pattern of the stars.…