Orbit

heliocentric theory whereas galileo improved the idea. copernicus's heliocentric view, that the sun was at the center of the universe. Really changed people's thinking. If it weren't for this idea then kepler would of never discovered the planets orbit in a circular motion. Copernicus's idea opened the door for many other philosophers to create and provide more new ideas.…

Because it was not ready to be launched, taking off it did not go fast enough and burned before it left Earth. The Soviet again launches Sputnik 2 of November 3, 1957, this time the spaceship “…carried a small dog named Laika into orbit” (TheSpaceRace.com). The Soviet launched Sputnik 2 even before the US launched one ship. The Soviet had not only launched the first ship to space but sent the first living begin up in space. The dog lived for about seven days, and then the oxygen supply…

The Moons of Saturn Saturn has 62 known moons on verified orbits but only 53 have been officially named so far. Thirteen of these moons have diameters of more than 31 miles, thick rings and very complex orbital motions. Saturn’s moons range in size from small moonlets of less than a mile of diameter to big ones that are larger than planets like Mercury. 24 of these moons are classified as regular satellites as they have prograde orbits. The other 38 are small, except Phoebe, irregular satellites…

He noticed the unusual wobbles in Uranus’s and Neptune’s orbit and thought that it was being caused by the gravitational pull of an unknown celestial object. The proposed idea of there being a possible ninth planet let Lowell to calculate for an approximate location of where the ninth planet would be. A whole…

Moon exploration could be all but marveled until October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union did the impossible and launched Sputnik 1 to orbit Earth, this was a huge success. Sputnik 1 was a small, nearly useless satellite, but it had started the Space Race, and one of the biggest leaps for humanity. We have been nearly oblivious to what has happened in the space race, including why the race to the moon became big and fast at that, what other smaller successes were, and what the Apollo program was…

Johannes Kepler was born December 25, 1571 in Weil der Stadt, Germany. His father was a mercenary who died in Holland when Kepler was only five and his mother was a herbalist who ran an inn owned by her father. Kepler often helped his mother by serving at the inn. Kepler went to a local school and then moved on to attened the Protestant Seminary of Maulbronn intending to become a Protistant minister. After completing his studies at Maulbronn, Kepler went on to attend the University of Tubinegn…

To me, astronomy is the study of the universe and everything in it. This includes the planets, moons, stars, comets, etc. The major difference found between Muggle astronomy and Wizarding astronomy is that the Muggle world has "laws" that explain what they see in the universe. The study of these laws of the universe in the Muggle world is called "physics". Although these laws do explain a vast majority of what the Muggles see on Earth and in the universe, it may not hold true in the Wizarding…

What is the solar system? The solar system is the what we call home, it is the collection of the eight planets and their moons. These celestial objects orbit around the sun, although this was not always the case back in 140 AD Claudius Ptolemy contemplated with the idea or theory of a geocentric universe. The literal definition of geocentrism is having the earth as the center of the universe and the at the other celestial objects orbiting the earth. Theses celestial objects are called planets.…

The earth orbits the sun, one full orbit is called a revolution, a revolution is one year, and a year is about 365¼ days. The earth's axis is tilted by 23.5°, that causes the temperature of the earth. IN the north pole there is more direct sunlight when it's tilted toward the sun and the south pole has less direct sunlight. When the south pole is tilted…

Space Exploration & Why We Should Fund It Space exploration is a really expensive endeavor to the common civilian, it costs billions to operate a mission to space, billions to build the shuttles to get up there. The U.S.A space program NASA has seen less funding each year since 1966 where it peaked at 4.5% of the federal budget down to 1% in 1975 and it still loses funding each year even today! How is NASA staying afloat and it is effecting how long it will take us to achieve reasonable and…