ASTRO 001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Circular Motion, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, Angular Diameter
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Such as the case with elements 116 & Westward after maximum eastward elongation (ie: as far. East as they are going to go) but westward when opposite the sun. Earth and a mars-sized object: this happened approximately 4. 5 billion years ago. severe tilt. The angles are quite small: in this class, we will only be dealing with angles that are a couple of degrees. The radians cancel out and leave you with degrees. How did the ancients know earth was spherical? curved: proven theories, eratosthenes (276 bc-195 bc) appears first, then the middle, then the rest of the ship. That which moves is moved by another : aristotle"s law (in modern notation, objects fall because of their gravitas or weight b. Rate of descent (ascent) depends upon composition. c. air + fire + earth + water d. each has a natural place to which it moves.
