NATS 1745 Study Guide - Final Guide: Circumstellar Disc, Venetia Burney, Clyde Tombaugh
18 Nov 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
In what 2 ways did uranus reveal itself to. He was looking for new distant stars lying in the background. With every increase in magnification the object grew. Stated it was a comet because it changed its place. The orbit was not merely flimsy and fleeting so it was a new world in the solar system. Also the sun (and husband) of gaia, the earth. Kepler formulated laws of planetary motion which led him to this conclusion. Earth distance tothe sun is 10 units, the six planets of the time were 4,7,10,15,52 and 95 units from the. The large gap between mars (15) and jupiter (52) meant there should be a planet (28) between the 2. planetary distances follow a numeric sequence. Piazzi detected a star-like object in a near-circular orbit at the right distance from the sun. Finally classified as an asteroid meaning star-like because it was found to be smaller than the moon.
