Gravity Sucks! If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants. This is the statement written in a letter to Robert Hooke. It also.
Today’s topics Orbits Parallax Angular size and physical size Precession Reading sections 1.5, 2.6, 4.1-4.7.
Lecture 5 Modern Astronomy. Announcements Test on Wednesday – Details to follow Test on Wednesday – Details to follow Homework 2 Due Now Homework 2 Due.
Scientific Models & Kepler’s Laws Scientific Models We know that science is done using the Scientific Method, which includes the following steps : Recognize.
UNIT 5 Unit 5: Space Exploration. Focusing Questions What technologies have been developed to observe objects in the sky, and what discoveries were made.
Observing the Solar System. Observers in Ancient Greece noticed that although the stars seemed to move, they stayed in the same position relative to one.
By Ken Journigan Olympic High Astronomy-Renaissance The History of Astronomy The History of Astronomy.
Katalin Radnóti Eötvös Loránd Univesity [email protected] The Copernican revolution.
EARLY PLAYERS IN ASTRONOMY. The Really Early Days Astronomy began the first time a Cro Magnon (early homo sapien) walked out at night, looked up at.
The Solar System Observing the Solar System Guide For Reading How do the heliocentric and geocentric description of the solar system differ? What did.
The Scientific Revolution What is a revolution? The Scientific Revolution involved a series of profound changes in the way people thought about the world.
The Renaissance context. Harrowing of Hell 1,000 A.D. Apocalypse not!