History of Astronomy

Study the image. What does the letter X represent?

• gravity

• inertia

• foci

• perihelion

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Study the image. What does the green arrow represent?

• gravity

• inertia

• foci

• planet's orbit

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Study the image. What do the blue arrows represent?

• gravity

• inertia

• foci

• planet's orbit

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Study the image. What does the purple object and path represent?

• gravity

• inertia

• foci

• planet's orbit

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How much gravity would be on the red object if you increased the blue objects mass to 4 billion KG?

• 6.25 N

• 16 N

• 50 N

• 8 N

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How much gravity would be on the red object if you decreased the distance between the two objects to 5 km?

• 32 N

• 16 N

• 24 N

• 8 N

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Who reasoned gravity and inertia combine to create orbits of planets?

• Newton
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo
• Brahe

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Kepler's second Law; A planet sweeps _______________ in equal time

• perfect circles

• equal area

• equal focus

• equal axis

• even orbits

Tycho Brahe's biggest contribution to astronomy was...?

• Accurate observations of the planets

• His detailed telescopic observations

• Geocentric heliocentric hybrid model

• the law of the ellipse

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Examine the Diagram of the Solar System below. What is the term associated with this theory? 

• Copernican Theory

• heliocentric

• orb of the heavenly sphere

• geocentric

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