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Astronomy Notes

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Heel stone at Stonehenge points to what? SS Sunset
Ballochroy stones lined up like bars points to what? SS Sunset
Ballochroy stones lined up behind each other points to what? WS Sunset
Maes Howe is aligned with what? WS Sunset
Stones of Stennes has? Looks at? Odin's stone & looks at Maes Howe
Goseck Circle aligned with what? WS Sunrise & WS Sunset in Germany
Nebra Sky Disk from where? Germany
Mnadjra complex aligned how? Equinox Sunrise in middle pane. WS & SS Sunrise on sides.
Temple of Sun in Inca South America? Coricancha
Observatory in South America? Chankillo.
Chankillo aligned how? WS & SS
One of the 'E' temples in Mayan culture? Uaxatun.
Uaxatun aligned how? E temple. E1, 2, 3. SS, Equinox, WS Sunrises.
Mayan count system: Shortest to longest? Kin, Winal, Tun, Katun, Baktun.
Kin Winal Tun Katun Baktun: values in order? In Days: 1 20 18 20 20
When counting 5 Mayan numbers you start? From Baktun -> down.
Hopi mountain range aligned how? Notch in hills = 2 weeks before WS
Plain Indians: Big Horn medicine wheel aligned how? SS Sunrise
What were the Geocentric Ephimerids? Tables of Toledo & Alphonsine Tables
What were the Heliocentric Ephimerids? Prutenic -> Tychonic -> Rudolphine
What is New Grange's alignment? WS Sunrise Has swirls
Ramses II tomb called what? Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel significance? Tomb illuminated twice a year on Solstice Sunrise.
Thales of Miletus did what? Navigated with Ursa Minor Earliest Greek Astronomer
Anaximander? Human world = shadow of perfect one. Perfect form = sphere Everything orbits Earth Intro. the Gnomon to Greeks
Pythagorus? Earth is still a sphere Made Formulas
What did Plato do? Similar to Anaximander Challenged followers to prove spheres/planets moved in circular motion
Order of teachers After Socrates? Socrates -> Plato -> Aristotle -> Alexander the Great. (SPAA)
Who said Universe was made of Elements? Plato: Earth Air Fire Water = Earth Space = Quintessence Terra Firma!
Eudoxis of Cnidis did what? Student of Plato 27 nested spheres Hippopede Motion Two pictures on slides!
What's good with Aristarchus? SUN AT CENTER OF UNIVERSE Sun 19x further away than Moon
ERATOSTHENES? Librarian Swag Estimated size of Earth nbd
Accomplishments by Appolonious of Perga? Cones & stuff Had 2 models! 1: Eccentric Circle = Uniform Circles 2: Deferent & Epicycle = Retrograde Motion
How'd Hipparchus hold it down? 1st TRUE ASTRONOMER Invented Trig Precession Model of Sun: Sun ORBITS Earth: Eccentric Fashion Pic on slide: Circle w/ Seasons
Explain Ptolemy's swag: Created Almagest Equant Point! : Fits Eccentric Earth Model Pic of Rinnegan on Slides NonOverlapping orbits
Cosmas Indicopluestes? Stupid christian Made retarded map
Who set up the house of wisdom? Caliph Al Mamun Wisdom - Khalifa
Who was Ibn Qurra? Translated Almagest Amicable Numbers Trepidation Alphonsine Tables
Al Sufi? Mirror of Universe : Book of Stars Mirror Image of constellations
Tell me bout Ibn Yunus? Accurate MF. Ton of observations still used
Alhazen : LOL Theory of Optics Doubts on Ptolemy
Al Biruni: Explain his swag: Father of Indology Calculated size of Earth using a mountain bro.
Al Tusi? Rejected Equant Point Tusi-Couple Tables of Toledo!
Ibn Al Shatir made what: A lunar model
Tell me bout Ulugh Beg: Observatory
Where's the Sun Dagger located? Chaco Canyon!
Aristotle: Earth at center 55 spheres!
What'd Copernicus do? Heliocentric Model!
Tycho Brahe: Comet & Supernova
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