LECTURE 1 & 2

He measured the Earth's circumference with a stick and a knowledge of the distance from Alexandria and Syene (known as Aswan today).

• Anaxagoras

• Hipparchus

• Eratosthenes

• Claudius Ptolemy

This type of eclipse happens during Full Moon.

• Solar

• Lunar

_____ model states that the Earth is the center of the universe.

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

___ Motion is the apparent yearly movement of stars as observed from Earth as a direct effect of the Earth's revolution around the Sun

• Diurnal

• Annual

Below are the well-known planets discovered before the telescopes. EXCEPT:

• MERCURY

• URANUS

• MARS

• JUPITER

_____'s data enabled _____ to formulate his laws of planetary motion.

• Kepler, Brahe

• Brahe, Kepler

• Brahe, Kelly

• Kelly, Brahe

Eratosthenes computed the circumference of the Earth to be approximately ____ kilometers.

• 400000

• 4000

• 40000

• 40000000

TRUE or FALSE. Lunar and Solar Eclipse occurs when one space object moves into the shadow of another.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Earth's true shape.

• OBLONG

• OBLATE SPHEROID

• FLAT

He was a Danish astronomer and nobleman who made accurate observations of the movement of celestial bodies.

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler