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Astronomy Basics
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1. The rainbow effect when light is dispersed through lens
perigee
emission spectrum
chromatic abberation
red shift
2. A star that expands and cools once it runs out of hydrogen fuel
geocentric
red giant
Jovian planet
Hubble's law
3. A measure of the amount of light that a star actually emits
absolute magnitude
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
photon
coma
4. The apparent westward motion of the planets with respect to the stars
retrograde motion
electromagnetic spectrum
reflecting telescope
big bang theory
5. 23.5° - the reason we have seasons
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6. Galaxy with no particular shape - contains new & old stars
neutron star
heliocentric
pulsar
irregular galaxy
7. The spinning of Earth on its axis
parallax
emission spectrum
rotation
chromatic abberation
8. A star that falls into the main sequence category on the H-are diagram
Kuiper Belt
protostar
precession
main-sequence star
9. The spinning of Earth on its axis
rotation
Nicolaus Copernicus
main-sequence star
aphelion
10. Spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source
emission spectrum
white dwarf
universal gravitation
nebula
11. The luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet
planetesimal
coma
Johannes Kepler
retrograde motion
12. The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
lunar eclipse
accretion
big bang theory
13. Italian astronomer - mathematician - and physicist. His telescopes proved the sun is the center of the solar system and that the planets/moon move. He was persecuted for supporting Copernicus' ideas.
moon
Galileo Galilei
meteorite
parallax
14. A spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system
red shift
chromatic abberation
evolution
Oort Cloud
15. Light distance travels in one year (9.5 trillion km)
coma
heliocentric
Sir Isaac Newton
light-year
16. Any natural satellite of a planet
binary star
continuous spectrum
protostar
moon
17. Any natural satellite of a planet
moon
neutron star
asteroid
binary star
18. The theory that the universe originated 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small mass of matter at extremely high density and temperature
big bang theory
nebula
light-year
phases of the moon
19. Space object made of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water - methane - and ammonia that forms a bright coma as it approaches the Sun
supernova
comet
milky way galaxy
rotation
20. The theory that states that gravity will over come the expansion of the universe and bring everything together in an implosion
the big crunch
apogee
local group
meteroid
21. Brahe's assistant - German astronomer who first discovered the three laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
galaxy
spiral galaxy
Johannes Kepler
photon
22. Planet with a solid - rocky crust; more dense; Inner planet. Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars
terrestrial planet
black hole
element
Jovian planet
23. An elongated circle - or oval shape - the shape of the planets orbit
photon
moon
quasar
ellipse
24. A system of galaxies containing from several to thousands of member galaxies
Kuiper Belt
Tycho Brahe
equinox
galaxy cluster
25. Light distance travels in one year (9.5 trillion km)
light-year
terrestrial planet
galaxy
meteor
26. When the moon passes between earth and the sun - blocking the sunlight from reaching earth
white dwarf
supernova
comet
solar eclipse
27. A space telescope and camera named for a famous astronaut (Edward Hubble) used to study space elements
binary star
solar eclipse
red giant
Hubble Space Telescope
28. A spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system
Oort Cloud
Jovian planet
comet
parallax
29. The formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
doppler effect
chromatic abberation
accretion
galaxy cluster
30. Optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
asteroid
refracting telescope
white dwarf
nebula
31. Influenced by Copernicus; Built observatory and collected data on the locations of stars and planets for over 20 years
Tycho Brahe
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
equinox
red shift
32. Astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extra-terrestrial sources
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
emission spectrum
Kuiper Belt
radio telescope
33. A model of the universe based on the assumption that the sun - moon - and planets all orbit Earth
geocentric
planet
Sir Isaac Newton
light-year
34. The name of our galaxy - a spiral galaxy that contains about 400 billion stars
terrestrial planet
chromatic abberation
Hubble's law
milky way galaxy
35. A shift toward the red end of the spectrum in the observed spectral lines of stars or galaxies showing objects are moving away and that the universe is expanding
red shift
pulsar
spectroscopy
absolute magnitude
36. Planets with low densities and are huge gas giants. Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
coma
Jovian planet
cepheid variable
element
37. The comet discovered in 1705 that repeats itself every 76 years and last appeared in 1986.
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38. Optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
Hubble's law
spiral galaxy
refracting telescope
Sir Isaac Newton
39. Any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
apogee
black hole
element
red shift
40. Massive clouds of dust and gases where stars are born
nebulae
blue shift
geocentric
apogee
41. A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own
elliptical galaxy
planet
electromagnetic spectrum
Halley's Comet
42. Radiation left over from the beginning of the universe
electromagnetic spectrum
reflecting telescope
milky way galaxy
background radiation
43. When the northern or southern most point on earth receives the most sun because the earth is tilted toward the sun
nova
red dwarf
astronomical unit (AU)
solstace
44. Planet with a solid - rocky crust; more dense; Inner planet. Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars
photon
Kuiper Belt
constellation
terrestrial planet
45. Massive clouds of dust and gases where stars are born
red shift
nebulae
milky way galaxy
galaxy
46. The study of the spectra of stars by analyzing the spectral properties of the light they give off
spectroscopy
comet
nebula
nova
47. The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram
absorption spectrum
quasar
elliptical galaxy
48. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
meteorite
nova
big bang theory
parallax
49. Varying amounts of the lighted moon as seen from earth
red giant
phases of the moon
nebula
Sir Isaac Newton
50. The average distance between the Earth and the sun - or approximately 150000000 km
cepheid variable
asteroid
red dwarf
astronomical unit (AU)