Spherical Earth

to the impact of meteorites and soil erosion due to rapid daily variations in temperature. Overall knowledge of the geology and geomorphology of Mercury are based for now only on research spacecraft Mariner 10 in 1975 and the first telescope from Earth. Consequently, Mercury is still unknown like the inner planets of the solar system, and the analysis…

period. Building off the findings of Hipparchus, Ptolemy invented a means of predicting the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars – all the while in compliance with the Earth-centered teachings of Aristotelian cosmology. Not one to avoid controversy though, Ptolemy introduced the rogue theory of epicycles – smaller circular orbits in addition to the main orbit. Ptolemy is also accredited as authoring the Almagest, a collection…

The Hubble telescope is a telescope named after famous astronomer Edwin Hubble. It orbits in space 380 miles above Earth’s surface, traveling 5 miles per second, finishing an orbit around Earth in 97 minutes. Hubble takes sharp images of space without looking at Earth’s atmosphere, which blurs pictures due to the atmosphere being constantly in motion. The telescope is 2.4 meters in length and has mirrors 94 inches in diameter. Some celestial objects that Hubble takes images of are stars and…

The Star Wars Series is a saga of films loved by just about every person in the United States. From middle-aged Sci-Fi nerds to middle school jocks, you’d be hard pressed to find somebody that “just didn’t get the hype.” The first Star Wars film, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, was released in 1977 and the last film of the series (so far), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, was released in 2005. Though the original movie was a pop culture phenomenon and has changed film forever, the…

characterized by the ~6 kilometer thick oceanic Nazca plate subducting underneath the continental South American plate at a convergence azimuth of ~ 78 ͦ and at a rate of 6.6 centimeters per year making the area one of the most active convergent margins on earth, typically experiencing a Mw > 8 earthquake every 10 – 20 years (Moscoso, et.al., 2011). Notable quakes in recent history include the 1960 Mw = 9.5 Valdivia earthquake which was the largest ever recorded, and quakes occurring in 1985…

boreholes, glacier lengths, and pollen remains to obverse what could cause climate change (Rye, et. al., 2013). From these studies they have found three natural-induced process that have influenced global climate change which include changes in the Earth 's distance from the sun due a changing orbit (also known as Milankovitch cycles), changes in the Sun 's power and intensity ,and volcanic eruptions (Rye, et. al., 2013). There three factors, are naturally occurring or Non-man made phenomenon…

In an article called We Hug Trees for Jesus we find a number of issues that face the church today. First we see there is a problem with how “Christian Environmentalist” relay our Biblical responsibility to the earth. Second though they are passionate about the need to take care of the earth they can come across to strong trying to force others into believing what they say is true without first forming a relationship with them. Third using scare tactics like global warming in order to prove their…

The main character of this book is Christopher Columbus. Without his discoveries of the New World, the Columbian Exchange would not have occurred. The world would look very different than what it looks like now. The world population would be considerably smaller than what it is now. We would not have the animals and plants that came from the Old World if it was not for the Columbian exchange. Likewise, the Old World would not have the crops that increased their population if it was not for the…

effect on the overhead position toward the earth. If the sun is at a thirty-degree angle of the earth and lets say the ray from the sun is only five miles long. At an angle like such they ray would be spread over maybe a ten-mile stretch providing the energy only meant for a certain spot the energy for twice as much (the sun and the seasons, 2010). When sun beams travel to earth, some must travel further than others. The beams traveling at an angle to the earth are the ones that reflect back…

Deforestation is clearing earths forest bringing negative effects around the world. Giving negative results to many species that live there . The forest only covers up to 30% of the world land area. Each and every year it loses about the size of panama. Forest are cut down for many reasons, but most of them are related to money or to peoples needing to provide for their families. The biggest purpose of why people cut down trees is because of their agriculture people wanting to farm their crops…