Other men have made planet discoveries. For example‚ William Herschel uncovered Uranus‚ and Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto. Recently‚ there has been a new “man” on the planet hunting team‚ and she is a “woman”. Dr. Debra Fischer is a professor of astronomy at San Francisco State University. Her quest is to find planets orbiting around distant stars. Debra Fischer completed her undergraduate work in science and physics at San Francisco State. Her search for planets began when she was a graduate
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For example‚ In Venice‚ a toy telescope was invented. Galileo took that concept and tried creating it into a useful device. Galileo’s improved version of the telescope revolutionized astronomy. Upon doing so‚ it has "Let him observe and describe the moons of Jupiter‚ the rings of Saturn‚ the phases of Venus‚ sunspots and the rugged lunar surface" (History.com‚ 2010). Galileo also discovered that the earth was the one revolving around
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A Paradigm Shift Andy Santiago ITT Technical Institute GS 1140 Mr. Torregrasso April 3‚ 2012 A Paradigm it is what we all see as a world view. Paradigm shift is defined as being a radical change in underlying beliefs of theory (Kuhn‚ 1922). What this means is we believe and rely on something our whole life‚ but then new science discoveries test our beliefs. A good example of this is the paradigm that separated the revealed truth of the Bible from scientific truth. In today’s world science
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Sir Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe through his laws of motion and gravitation. He used three laws to explain the way objects move when an unbalanced force acts on them. These are called Newton’s law. The first law which is known as Inertia‚ states that an object in rest will remain still and an object in motion stays at a steady pace unless acted upon by a force. The second law stated the relationship between acceleration and applied force which is expressed in the form F=ma
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Observable phenomena related to the moon: - phases of the moon: depending on the Moon�s position relative to the Sun‚ we see different parts of the illuminated Moon. - the month:� Moon changes through a complete cycle of phases in about 29.5 days - eclipses To understand these phenomena‚ we have to change our perspective and think about the Moon�s orbit. Some properties of the Moon: Radius 356‚000 km 407‚000 km 15% change from max to
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Elan Footerman Dr. Frank SS155 4/9/13 Mayan Astronomy One of the monumental aspects of the Mayan Civilization was their interest in astronomy and the calendar. The Mayans made predictions in starwatching that are nearly as accurate as our calculations today. They were one of the first civilizations to show major advances in the study of the stars. It is likely that the reason the Mayans wanted to study the stars and other celestial bodies was so that they would be able to predict weather
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Tittle: The Boy Who is Redeemed His Father’s Name Author: Terry Morris Genre: Short Story Setting: Tokyo‚ Japan Charecters/Characterezation: Mrs.Shoichi Ikeya: mother of Kaoru Kaoru Ikeya: 19 year old boy that discover his own comet Ikeya 1963 that has been observing the sky for a long time. Mr. Ikeya: father of Kaoru‚ gives oppressive burden of shame to their family name. Minoru Honda: astronomer‚ discovered nine comets Vocabulary Words * Stifle ~ To keep in or hold back * Anticipation ~
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Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus‚ who lived from 1473 until 1543‚ is known for his idea that the sun is motionless at the center of the universe and that the earth and other planets all revolve around it. This Polish astronomer revolutionized beliefs involving the universe‚ making his thoughts controversial in his time‚ but common knowledge in our own (Westman). Before the time of Copernicus‚ people had extremely different views of the universe. A Greek astronomer named Ptolemy had his
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Astrophysicist Which career will get you involved in one of the most exhilarating areas of science? Which one will let you let you deduce how the universe works just by making observations of the sky? Astrophysics‚ of course! Astrophysics is a branch of astronomy dealing with the behavior‚ physical properties‚ and dynamic processes of celestial objects and phenomena. This may have originated from the Chaldeans and Mesopotamians at 5000 B.C. They had discovered patterns and regularities from celestial bodies
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Brad Thompson Article Review 10/1/10 Astronomers Discover a New Planet That Could Support Life For this review I will be focusing on an Article from the New York Times titled‚ New Planet May Be Able to Nurture Organisms‚ by Dennis Overbye as well as an article from the National Science Foundation titled‚ Newly Discovered Planet May Be First Truly Habitable Exoplanet. As all of the titles suggest‚ the topic of interest during this review will be a planet that
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