When earth rotates about its axis in a day and revolves about the Sun, the part of sky changes that can be seen. Stars visible in the North Pole will not be visible in the South Pole. Celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere centered around the earth on which all the celestial bodies are projected.
From the North Pole, only half the sky is visible. Suppose a man is standing at the north pole. He would be able to see everything in northern celestial hemisphere, but he would not be able to see anything in southern celestial hemisphere.
When earth rotates, the part of sky one observes changes (except if you are on the poles), because on poles our sky will appear to rotate around a point exactly above the pole, so one could not expect to see new stars in whole year. Stars visible in North Pole will not be visible in South Pole. At any point on earth, only ...
At any point on earth, only of total sky is visible; imagine sky as a large ‘bowl’ above one’s head (which is half of entire sphere around the earth)
From where on Earth could you observe all of the stars during the course of a year? What fraction of the sky can be seen from the North Pole? You can observe all of the stars from the equator over the course of a year, although high-declination stars will be difficult to see so close to the horizon.
What were four of Galileo's discoveries that were important to astronomy. Galileo's observation of phases of Venus. Observations of Jupiter's moons, the features on the surface of the Moon. And discovery that the Milky Way is simply a mass of unresolved stars.
Heliocentric model: Mars moves slower than Earth. When Earth passes Mars, Mars seems to look like it's going backwards.
Ecliptic is the Sun's apparent annual path in the sky and the celestial equator is the projection of Earth's equator onto the sky
The sun moves about 1 degree per day. The moon takes 30 days to return to its original position relative to the fixed stars.
The shadow cast on the moon is always a round shape. When ships sail away on the ocean they appear to sink because of the curvature of Earth's surface. Orbiting satellites taking photographs of Earth shows it round on every direction. The Sun is at different altitudes in the sky for different longitudes.
the origin of the magnitude designation was with Hipparchus. The brightest stars were "first magnitude", fainter stars are the "second magnitude", the fainter being "third magnitude".
Although the Copernican system was largely correct to place the Sun at the center of all planetary motion, the model still gave inaccurate predictions for planetary positions. Explain the flaw in the Copernican model that hindered its accuracy. Copernicus assumed all motion must be uniform circular motion.
Copernicus and Galileo believed that Earth spins on its axis and revolves around the Sun as one of the planets, both contradicting the idea that Earth is motionless at the center of the solar system. In addition, Galileo thought that the best way to understand nature is through experiments, rather than just pure thought, as the ancient Greeks did. Galileo also had a telescope with which to examine the heavens, which the ancient Greeks did not have.
In the geocentric model, Mars orbits outside of the Sun on its deferent path, but it also moves in a circular motion on its epicycle as it follows the deferent. If the planet moves faster "backward" on the epicycle than it moves forward on the deferent, then it can appear to move in a retrograde manner while still retaining the overall pattern of prograde motion in the sky. In the heliocentric model, Mars moves somewhat slower than Earth. During periods of time when Earth passes Mars, Mars appears to move backward on the sky relative to the background stars. This is confirmed by the fact that Mars appears at its brightest during this motion (due to it being at its closest approach to Earth) and is also on the opposite side of the sky from the Sun during retrograde motion.
Since friction with Earth's atmosphere slows down the ISS, it requires occasional upward pushes , or boosts, to stay in orbit. Compare the density, weight, mass, and volume of a pound of gold to a pound of iron on the surface of Earth.
The Sun moves about 1° per day. It takes about 360 days (actually 365.25 days) to return to its original location.
Ursa Minor contains the pole star, Polaris, and the asterism known as the Little Dipper. From most locations in the Northern Hemisphere, all of the stars in Ursa Minor are circumpolar. Does that mean these stars are also above the horizon during the day? Explain
Venus would only show crescent phases because the illuminated side would only ever partially be visible from Earth.
Earth rotates. Venus and Mercury orbit the Sun.
1. The orbital paths of the planets are elliptical, with the Sun at one focus. Eccentricity. Major axis and semi-major axis.
The more light a telescope can take in, the better and more precise the resolution will be .
Outer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Gas and Ice giants. Hydrogen and helium. Less density. Made of the same stuff the sun is made of.
If the Earth had no tilt and the rotational axis was exactly perpendicular to the orbital plane, the Earth would have NO seasons at all.
The Lyman series because it has the longest transition.
Yes, there is such a place. You can observe all of the stars during the course of the year from anywhere on the Equator.
III. Aristotle observed that only 50% of the stars are visible at one time thus concurring that the Earth is round because if not we would all see the same stars 100% of the time.
Circumpolar stars are above the horizon during the day and can always be seen because they always circle or orbit the north pole star
Ursa Minor contains the pole star, Polaris, and the asterism known as the Little Dipper. From most locations in the Northern Hemisphere, all of the stars in Ursa Minor are circumpolar. Does that mean these stars are also above the horizon during the day? Explain.
Takes moon to return to its original location approximately 27.3 days
C/G thought that the Earth orbited the Sun (HELIO) , Everyone else thought that the planets and the Sun orbited the earth(GEO).
Sun moves around earth in sky 1 a year. 360/365 so about 1 degree per day
Half 50% of the (north of equator) sky can be observed from the North Pole.