University of Phoenix Material Basics of Astronomy Outline Amanda Taddei 8-27-2012 Complete the outline based on the readings for this week: Ch. 1–4 of The Cosmic Perspective. Use complete sentences for all sub points listed. The following is an example of a completed outline: 1. Our place in the universe a. The modern view of the universe 1) What is our Sun and what is its role in the solar system? a) Our sun is a hot ball of glowing gases that is at the heart of
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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is approximately 143,000 kilometers (about 89,000 miles) wide at its equator. Jupiter is so large that all of the other planets in the solar system could fit inside it. More than 1,000 Earths would fit inside Jupiter. Jupiter is like a star in composition. If Jupiter had been about 80 times more massive, it would have become a star rather than a planet. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. Jupiter's average distance from the sun is
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bible metaphorically. Galileo was asked by Robert Bellarmine, a cardinal at the time, to not release his data. It would be “a very dangerous thing, not only by irritating all the philosophers and scholastic theologians, but also by injuring our holy faith and rendering the holy scripture false?” The holy scripture was not incorrect however, according to Galileo’s theories. It was just Aristotle who was incorrect and had become synonymous to the holy scripture. Since Galileo was on the virge of disproving
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on it Galileo: When friction is absent, a moving object needs no force to keep it moving. It will remain in motion all by it self. Newton: An object at rest tends to stay at rest until acted upon by an outside force. Aristotle belived that force was necessary for an object to continue to move while Galileo and Newton believe an object in motion will stay in motion unless an outside force stops it. B. Aristotle would say that the ball was striving to reach its "natural state" of rest. Galileo would
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Advancement of Weather Forecasting Weather forecasting began with the first humans realizing that they could determine what conditions might be, based on what they saw in the sky. Although some "folk" sayings about weather have been validated, we have come a long way from those early days and understand weather better now than we ever have. Over two thousand years there have been many advancements in weather forecasting but there have been certain advancements deemed more major to weather
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the center of the cosmic system. Although, Copernicus presented the idea of a heliocentri universe to the world, many were skeptical to turn away from the geocentri model until someone produces evidence of this theory. This someone turned out to be Galileo Galilei. Using an instrument considered "new
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is colorless and odorless gas made up by one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms; it is also one of the green houses which can trap the thermal radiation on the surface of Earth and increase the surface temperature. Even though CO2 only occupy 0.03% in atmosphere on Earth, but it can be made by many human behaviors. According to the figure provided by “What’s Your Impact”, about 87% of the CO2 produced by human is from fossil fuel uses, 9% is from land use, and other 4% is from
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"Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks; but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house." Henri Poincare, a French physicist and mathematician from the XIX century once stated the following in relation to natural sciences "Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks; but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house." Poincare is getting his point across through the usage of a metaphor. This
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The E uropean S pace A gency Europe has ‚ever since’ been actively involved in spaceflight and it still launches satellites for observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy. Furthermore, the European Space Agency sends probes to space and cooperates in the human exploration of space. Space is very important for Europe, it provides essential information to decisionmakers to respond to global challenges. Outer space helps us to understand our planet as well as
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REVIEW 1 An output of the ff. topics * GNSS * GPS * GLONASS * QZSS * GALILEO * IRNSS Simon Nichole B. Gabutan GNSS or Global Navigation Satellite Systems The primary purpose of GNSSs is to provide positions. Different methods of positioning with GNSS exist with the achieved positioning accuracy varying from 10 meter to the millimeter level. Generally we distinguish between the usage of GNSS code observations and GNSS code and phase observations. GNSS positioning
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