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Johannes Kepler
________- tried to figure out how the planets move.
Galileo
________- Very experimental and held lots experiments.
brightness of stars
They defined the position and ________ and had very close to accurate distance down (Hipparchus 150 BC)
Dynamics
________ describes WHY the motion occurs- Newtons Laws.
Tycho Brahe
________- Scientist, knew the king of Poland who gave him an island.
Friction
________ is a force.
Venus
He (Galileo) observed the phases of ________, applied laws of motion to astronomy, observed the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, observed sunspots and analyzed them, and observed the rings of Saturn.
entire electromagnetic spectrum
The light collected can range over the ________.
Aristarchus of Samos
________ (260 BC) suggested that the earth WAS NOT the center of the solar system due to observers not being able to observe any stellar parallax.
Kinematics
________ describes HOW the motion changes given an initial set of conditions- kinematic equations.
Telescopes
________ that focus visible light are called optical telescopes.
Constellations
________ are patterns in the sky.
Tycho Brahe
Scientist, knew the king of Poland who gave him an island
Johannes Kepler
tried to figure out how the planets move
Galileo
Very experimental and held lots experiments
Celestial Sphere
sphere of stars
Celestial Poles
The extension of the earths axis to where it crosses the celestial
Kinematics describes HOW the motion changes given an initial set of conditions
kinematic equations
Dynamics describes WHY the motion occurs
Newtons Laws
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