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History of Astronomy - Part 2
History of Astronomy - Part 2
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A look at the #history of #astronomy.
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Who believed that silence was really Celestial Harmony?
Tycho Brahe
Aristarchus
Pythagoras
Copernicus
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According to Kepler's 2nd Law, when does a planet move the fastest?
Aphelion
A planet's speed is constant.
No one knows.
Perihelion
3
Which idea states that the Sun is located in the center of the universe?
Heliocentric model
Reganaic model
Geocentric Model
Ptolemaic Model
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According to Kepler's 1st Law, what is the shape of a planet's orbit?
Ellipse
Circle
Trapezoid
Square
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How is retrograde motion CORRECTLY explained.
Planet really goes backwards as it moves on an epicycle.
Planet appears to go backwards as Earth catches & passes it.
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Why did Copernicus NOT publish his book until he was nearly dead?
He did not know how to write
He was afraid of the Church
He wasn't sure he was right
Galileo did not allow him to publish
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What did Ptolemy's model have in common with Copernicus' Model?
Both believed that Earth was a cylinder.
Both had the Earth in the Center.
Both insisted the orbital paths were circles.
Both had the Sun in the Center.
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Which cultures are responsible for the English names of the days of the week?
Mayan & Chinese
Norse & Greek
Roman & Norse
Greek & Roman
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Which of the following was NOT a reason why astronomers disregarded the heliocentric theory?
No wind rushing in the opposite direction
No observable parallax
The Church
Dinosaurs
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Who believed Earth is a Cylinder floating freely in space?
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Anaxamander
Ptolemy
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Who put the planets on Epicycles to account for retrograde movement?
Ptolemy
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Copernicus
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Whose Model is in the picture below?
Ptolemy
Tycho Brahe
Aristotle
Copernicus
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Which Astronomer did NOT believe in the Heliocentric Theory?
Aristarchus
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
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What did Eratosthenes do?
First to use a Telescope.
Precession and Magnitude of Stars.
Tilt and Circumference of Earth.
First to Suggest Heliocentric Theory.
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For how long was most of the world convinced that the Earth was in the center of the universe?
Only a few years
A few decades
A few hundred years
Over a thousand years
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Trivia: Which kind of telescope did Galileo build?
Reflecting telescope
Galileo never built a telescope!
Refracting telescope
Compound telescope
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Trivia: What is NOT true about Tycho Brahe.
He had a midget named Jep who lived under the table.
He lost part of his nose in a duel about math.
He had a pet moose that got drunk, fell down stairs, & died.
His observatory had the largest telescope of his time.
