Astronomy Notes Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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