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Astronomy Exam 1

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Introduced "Objective Reality"   Thales  
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First to picture an infinite universe   Anaximander  
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Originated the 7-day week and the roots of the 24-hour day and 60 minute hour   Summerians  
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Perpetuated the calendar choices of the Sumerians, developed algebra   Babylonians  
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Used a 10-day week. Developed geometry   Egyptians  
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Atomic Theory and the Vacuum   Democritus and Leucipus  
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Separated science and philosophy   The Pythagoreans  
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Suggested the Earth rotated on its axis, and possibly was not the center of the universe   The Pythagoreans  
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One of the Athenian Philosophers   Socretes  
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deepest thinker of the Athenian philosophers. founded the first "University" - Empirical Philosophy   Plato  
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Founded the current scientific disciplines - founded his own university. big contributions in biology. Argued the Earth was a sphere. Argued against a heliocentric theory because of the lack of an observable stellar parallax. Also an Athenian Philosopher   Aristotle  
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A contemporary of Plato and Aristotle. Early developments of Mechanics in physics   Eudoxus  
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First serious proponent of the Heliocentric theory   Aristarchus  
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The greatest observational astronomer in antiquity. Developed the Stellar Magnitude scale. Produced a star catalog. Measured the distances to the sun and moon. discovered the 26000 year precession of the Earth's axis of rotation. Argued against the helioc   Hipparchus  
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Passed down to us much of what we know about the earlier contributions. Set down the principals of celestial navigation and Astrology   Ptolemy  
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Re-introduced the Heliocentric theory. Described the Solar System with the correct Sidereal periods   Copernicus  
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Compiled large volumes of observational data   Tycho  
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Used Tycho's data to discern his 3 laws of planetary motion.   Kepler  
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The father of modern science. Used telescope to discover the 4 brightest moons of Jupiter, the crescent phases of Venus, stars too dim to be seen with the naked eye   Galileo  
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Discovered the Law of Inertia and introduced the scientific method   Galileo  
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The father of modern physics   Newton  
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Three laws of motion: *The law of inertia (An object in motion...) *F = ma *Conservation of Momentum - mv (Action - Reaction)   Newton  
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The Law of Universal Gravitation - F = G m1m2/r^2   Newton  
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General form of Kepler's 3rd law (M1 + M2)p^2 = a^3   Newton  
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The reflecting telescope and the spectrum of light   Newton  
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Electric charges (q/r^2) and changing magnetic fields (delta B / delta t)   Electric Field Sources  
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Causes a force in the direction of the field on all charges   Electric Field Effects  
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Moving charges (Right-Hand-Rule) and changing electric fields   Magnetic Field Sources  
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Causes a force on moving charges (qvB) perpendicular to the field and the direction of motion of the charge (Right-Hand-Rule)   Magnetic Field Effects  
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Light is composed of   Electromagnetic Waves  
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Accelerating charges create   Electromagnetic Waves  
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nucleus with negatively charged electrons orbiting around them   atoms  
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positively charged protons and neutral neutrons   Nuclei  
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number of protons   atomic number  
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determines the chemical element properties   atomic number  
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total number of neutrons and protons   atomic weight  
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number of neutrons determins the   isotope  
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when atoms gain or lose electrons   ions  
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same number of electrons as protons   neutral atoms  
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losing electrons   ionized  
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when electrons drop from a higher level to a vacancy in a lower level they emit   photons  
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quanta of light. they have momentum and energy given by their frequency times Planck's Constant. they also behave like waves   photons  
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Spectra - when all wavelengths are present   continuous  
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when hot solid objects or high pressure gasses radiate   Black Body Radiation  
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Spectra - when light is present at all wavelengths EXCEPT at certain wavelengths   absorption  
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when light passes through a diffuse gas and certain wavelengths are absorbed out of the light that continues on   absorption  
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when light is present ONLY at certain wavelengths   emission  
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when light passes through a diffuse gas and is absorbed, raising electrons to higher levels, when those electrons drop back down they emit light   emission  
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due to fundamental quantum effects   natural width  
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due to doppler shift from the motion of the emitting molecules at any temperature above absolute zero   thermal broadening  
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due to frequent collisions of the emitting atoms in a high pressure gas   collisional broadening  
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due to the splitting of levels in strong magnetic fields   zeeman effect  
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due to emission from a rapidly rotating star where the doppler shifts mix from emissions on different sides of the star   rotational broadening  
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the positioins of the lines are a characteristic function of the individual emitting elements. this allow identification of the relative composition of the source   spectral line positions  
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these characteristic positions are shifted by the doppler effect when the entire source is moving with respect to the observers on the earth   spectral line positions  
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a difference of 5 magnitudes means a factor of <blank> in brightness   100, (2.5)^difference in magnitude  
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the smaller the algebraic value of the magnitude the <blank> the source   brighter  
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<blank> magnitudes are the magnitude a star would have if it were at a distance of 10 parasecs   absolute  
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<blank> magnitude is the magnitude that an object appears to have   apparent  
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if you know both the apparent and absolute magnitudes, you can calculate the <blank>   distance  
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the relative brightness of stars is a function of   temperature, surface area and distance  
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the surface brightness varies as T^4   temperature  
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the total luminosity is proportional to R^2   surface area  
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apparent brightness is proportional to 1/d^2   distance  
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the spectral type classification scheme is a surface <blank> classification for stars   temperature  
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O B A F G K M   Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me <==hot -- cold==>  
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within each letter class there are sub-classes numbered 0-9 from   hotter to cooler  
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from kepler's and newton's laws, the masses of each star in a binary system can be determined   (M1+M2)p^2 = (r1+r2)^3 and M1/M2 = r2/r1 need to determine p, r1 and r2 to find M1 and M2  
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not a true binary but an optical double   optical  
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a true binary where both stars are clearly seen   visual  
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only one star is seen, but moves in an oscillatory way   astrometric  
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when viewed edge on-the spectral lines are alternately doppler shifted as the stars orbit one another   spectroscopic  
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the light shows two incompatible spectra   spectrum  
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the intensity of the light dims as the stars eclipse. these are usually also spectroscopic binaries as well   eclipsing  
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the bayer catalog divided the sky into <blank> constellations and named the stars with respect to the constellation they are in   88  
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named by constellation but with latin letters starting with R-Z, RR-ZZ, AA-QQ   variable stars  
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