Orbit

Using his collected information Kepler discovered that the orbit of Mars was an ellipse. In 1609 he published Astronomia Nova, delineating his discoveries, which are now called Kepler's first two laws of planetary motion. And what is just as important about this work, "it is the first published account wherein a…

long. After he showed his scope to the Royal Society, Newton was asked to be a member; he later served as its president for 24 years until he died.When Newton began to ponder on the problem of the motion of the planets and what kept them in their orbits around the sun, he realized that the mathematics of the day weren't sufficient to the task. So he invented a new branch of mathematics, which he called the fluxions or now known as calculus. Calculus allowed him to draw tangents to match curves,…

Once upon a time there was a happy couple, Neptune and Uranus. The two were the happiest of planets, they did everything together. Uranus and Neptune were inseparable. The two had similar day lengths, so all the other planets called them perfect. Every morning they were the first thing each other saw. The two had met 2 billion years ago, and since then they have been together. Uranus, is an icy planet, that easily gets mad, Neptune is a smaller rocky planet, that was super sweet. Everyone in the…

The 1900’s was humanity's first step towards a more advanced push towards space exploration. A space race, fueled by the cold war in the mid 1900’s, could not have been made possible without the core principles founded by Isaac Newton. Newton’s work makes it possible for humanity to explore further and beyond their own world. Space exploration is made possible because of the work of Newton. Newton’s discovery of gravity and its laws and published work has enabled humanity to venture deeper into…

Although Copernicus was right about a few things, he was wrong about the idea of the Sun being the center of the universe and being motionless because in fact the Sun did move as well as the stars. Also, Ptolemy and Copernicus both believed the orbits of the planets were circular, but they were actually elliptical. While the Ptolemy’s geocentric model was really good at predicting planetary positioning, it wasn't accurate. Copernicus’s model explained the true motions of planets, using the…

Introduction In our society, people may think Mars would be easier to understand. Similiar to Earth, Mars may has ice and water in its atmosphere, different wheather in seasonal, and other recognizable features. However, conditions on Mars vary wildly from what people know on our own planet.Solar system has influenced numerous cultures effecting legends, religious beliefs and at the beginning of the 21st century. Mars Odyssey have long been achieved which is a part of Mars Exploration…

The Poem, “Taught Me Purple” by Evelyn Tooley Hunt demonstrates the difficulties and emotional stress of sustaining and improving their lifestyle while in poverty. Hunt discreetly entails the hardships of a struggling mother and her child. Despite their desperate position, her mother must strive for a better life, teaching her daughter more about the world outside their own. Although her mother works days and nights while teaching her daughter about the wealthy lives they could soon be…

space and study matters beyond our planet. Edwin Hubble was the first person who introduced us to the cosmos such as the galaxy and the universe. Hubble altered our thinking of outer space and because of that a space telescope was launched in Earth's orbit in recognition of him and called the Hubble Space Telescope. Because of Hubble contribution…

NOVA’s “the Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap” with Brian Greene “Quantum Leap” not only explores how much the quantum atom has changed our view of the rules that govern our universe, but also how much is has, or will, benefit society. How did science arrive at the quantum atom, and what benefit did (or will) we gain from each of the developments that led us to the quantum atom? After the analytical evidence was gathered by Sir Joseph John Thomson from the scientists before him to create the…

are most similar to Earth than any other planet. It was first discovered in 2011 by European Southern Observatory's High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher by utilizing the radial velocity method. Just like Kepler-22b, it is an exoplanet. It orbits in the habitable zone around a star similar to the sun. This star is called Gilese 667 C. Gilese 667 C is part of the Gilese 667 triple star system. Other stars like Gilese 667 A and Gilese 667 B are located in this system. Gilese 667 C is…