PPT-Astronomy Motions of the Stars, the Earth and the Moon.

Stars On a clear night how many stars can you see 2000 3000 Why is that Light Pollution Ancient cultures grouped the stars by location and named them after heroes animals monsters. MISCONCEPTIONS:. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding . The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. The 5-step process of eliciting, identifying, confronting, resolving, and reinforcing mentioned in Dr. . Fundamental. . Astrophysics. Definition. . and . purpose. Astronomy. . appeared. a . few. . thousand. . years. . ago. as a . descriptive. . “. science. ” . on. . the. position and . motion. Early Cosmologies. Sections 1.1-1.2. Reminders. Reading quiz for Chapter 1, Sections 3 and 4, due on Mallard prior to start of next class.. Weekly reflection #1 will be sent via email later today and will be due via email prior to start of class on Tuesday.. Sky Part II. Depending on the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and a moon, you might see an eclipse like this: . Sun. planet. moon. Solar Eclipses. Or you might see an eclipse like this:. Sun. Theories. Objectives. SWBAT describe theories on the origin of the moon.. SWBAT evaluate the theories based . on evidence . that has been gathered on the moon’s origin.. Earth and Moon (a Planetary Romance). For today and next class: Please read . Chapter 4. .. Key Points to Understand:. 2 — 3 sentence outline of each person’s contributions. Very rough idea of dates (. ± 50 years). Development of the modern scientific method. Aug. 24 -- 10am class. Turn in HW 1 in the front of the room. If you didn’t get HW 1 on Monday, turn it in on Friday.. If you didn’t get the telescope lab on Monday, pick it up from Johanna.. OUR PLACE IN SPACE. Earth is not special. We do not have any unique place in the Universe. We live on an ordinary rocky planet called Earth, one of nine known planets orbiting an average star called Sun. We are near the edge of a huge collection of stars called the Milky Way Galaxy, which is one galaxy among countless billions of other galaxies spread throughout the observable universe.. Path of the Sun between March 21 and March 22. If no axial tilt, motion of sun horizontal only - at noon every day, sun appears at highest point in the sky (culmination) only drifting slightly east against background of stars - represents Mean Sun that would travel on the celestial equator.. Tilted on an axis (N-S pole) 23.5 degrees. Earth moves in space two major ways. Rotation. - spinning of Earth on its axis. West to East, 15 degrees per hour or once per day, counterclockwise. This causes day and night—half the Earth is always lit and have it always dark. and. Eclipses. Phases. Eclipses. The Moon. The moon’s appearance changes significantly over the period of a "month" (to be carefully defined later). Shines by reflected sunlight. What we see depends on geometry of the Earth-Moon-Sun system.. Earth, Moon, and Sun Gravity and Motion Isaac Newton was the first scientist to explain what keeps the Earth and Moon in orbit Force – a push or a pull There is a force acting between the Earth and the moon that keeps them in orbit Early Astronomy . Humans have been fascinated by the sky for all time.. Constellations have helped people navigate, tell stories, are the gods that look over humanity.. Constellations are groupings of stars that form images, much like seeing . Astronomy Literacy Concepts. The . Earth . Understand that we live on . a planet and it is called Earth. Associate Earth with its . colours. . seen from space (oceans & continents). Distinguish Earth from other planets.