________- tried to figure out how the planets move.
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Galileo
________- Very experimental and held lots experiments.
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brightness of stars
They defined the position and ________ and had very close to accurate distance down (Hipparchus 150 BC)
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Dynamics
________ describes WHY the motion occurs- Newtons Laws.
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Tycho Brahe
________- Scientist, knew the king of Poland who gave him an island.
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Friction
________ is a force.
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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.
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entire electromagnetic spectrum
The light collected can range over the ________.
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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.
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Kinematics
________ describes HOW the motion changes given an initial set of conditions- kinematic equations.
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Telescopes
________ that focus visible light are called optical telescopes.
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Constellations
________ are patterns in the sky.
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Tycho Brahe
Scientist, knew the king of Poland who gave him an island
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Johannes Kepler
tried to figure out how the planets move
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Galileo
Very experimental and held lots experiments
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Celestial Sphere
sphere of stars
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Celestial Poles
The extension of the earths axis to where it crosses the celestial
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- Kinematics describes HOW the motion changes given an initial set of conditions
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