Tes 1 Review from Class
How many Earth would fit across the Sun?
110
How many suns will fit between the Earth and Sun?
110
When did the first stars form?
13.3 billion years ago
How old is the universe?
13.7 billion years old
How many Earth/moon orbits will fit across the Sun?
2
How many Earth-Moon orbits would fit between Earth and Sun?
220
How many degrees is the celestial equator and ecliptic apart?
23.5 degrees
How many Earths would fit between the Earth/Moon distance?
30
How many moons would fit across the diameter of the Earth?
4
What is Kepler's second law?
equal areas sweep out in equal time, ONE PLANET
What is Kepler's third law?
a3=p2; TWO PLANETS
When the full moon is on the right, the darkness disappears from the _____.
right
When the new moon is on the left, the darkness starts from the ______.
right
What did Tycho discover?
supernova
What did Copernicus want?
symmetry in perfect circles
What is Kepler's first law?
the Sun lies at one focus
What did Kepler discover?
built upon the Copernican revolution, 3 laws that could describe planet motion but didn't know why
How old is the afterglow light pattern?
400,000 years
What is the recycling in the universe pattern?
Big Bang, processing of stars, nuclear fusion, blow up