PPT-The Early History of Astronomy and Cosmology

Szydagis 02022015 1 10 Flammarion engraving 1888 Pondering an Ultimate Question Originally domain of religion and philosophy alone followed by science and religion mixing then slowly separating. 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. . Day One. the universe, astronomy and cosmology. Universe. – totality of all space/time, matter and energy. Astronomy. . – the study of celestial objects, space and the physical universe. Cosmology. . Today’s Lecture. Research Methods. Approaches to history. Historical Materialism. Reading sources. Historical Content. Khoisan. cosmology & land use. Christian settler cosmology and land use. Astro1010-lee.com. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 13. Uranus & Neptune. Survey of Astronomy. Astro1010-lee.com. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 13. Uranus was Discovered in 1781 by William Herschel; first planet to be discovered in recorded history.. Edwin Hubble. S.B. ’10, Ph.D. ‘17. Hubble . constant. Hubble law. Hubble diagram. Hubble age. Hubble classification. Hubble radius. Hubble sequence. Hubble . flow. Hubble volume. …. .. Pretty much invented observational cosmology & . A new kind of project…. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ5Ga70bP8&list=PLh-d4Qi_GoVGJg4FEIhNQmjXWo5q7Tx5l&index=1. We won’t do once a week, or an hour a day, but rather every class for several weeks…. Astronomy 123. Cosmology. Cosmology is the empirical study of the organization, structure and evolution of the Universe. At any given time we always think our Cosmology is correct: . Ancient: Earth is at center of Universe. 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.. 9/11/17. Due . 9/18/17. 1. The eccentricity of a comet is 0.967. Its . semimajor. axis is 17.8 AU. What is its distance from the Sun at perihelion? Aphelion?. 2. An asteroid has a mean orbital radius of 4.12 AU. What is its period?. www.NLET.org . A . Brief History of . Time . / Feature Film Documentary . An Anglia Television/Gordon Freedman production, released by Triton Pictures. Director Errol Morris. Producer David Hickman. Executive producer Gordon Freedman. Based on the book by Stephen Hawking. Cinematographers John Bailey, Stefan . ‘The Tale of Two Toms’. Richard J. Barohn, MD. Chair, Department of Neurology. Gertrude and Dewey Ziegler Professor of Neurology. University Distinguished Professor. Vice Chancellor for Research. AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMY CLUB. BIRGUNJ,PARSA,NEPAL. IT IS NON PROFITABLE CLUB. VISIT US ON:-WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MASA ASTRO. E-MAIL:-astronomyclub.masa14@gmail.com. CONTACT US ON:- 9779845831167,9811844091/92. 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 .