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Astronomy 1

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Astronomy Study of Space
day the time required for the earth to revolve
month how much time it takes for the moon to revolve the earth
radio telescope uses a large curvved dish to deflect and study ratio waves from space
orbit something that circles something else
satelllite something that orbits something else
space probe and instrument that gathers information and sends it back to earth
telescope an instrument that gathers electromantic radiation from object in space and concitrates on them
year time required for earth to revolve around the sun
why was the field of astronomy created to figure out the year time month and day
why is ptolemy importan to astonmoy he came up with the theory that everything revlolved around the earth
why is copernicus important to astronomy he came up with the theory that the sun was the middle of the universe
tyco brahe how is he impotant to atronomy recorded precise obsercations of the plannet
y was johannes kepler importand to astronmey finds out planets orbit in an ovil path
gailao importand to astronmey he invented the telescop
y was isaac newtion impotant he made most of the laws of motion
edwin hubble impotant he made the hubble space tellescope
two types of telescopes reflective and reflacting
reflection is better because? it can focus on what its looking at
how can the hubble space telescope get better images? because its outside the earths atmosphere
what advantages dous the radio telescope have not hindered by the atmosphere
two typers of satalights? natural man made
what was spuntnic 1 and explor 1 probes
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