Astrology Flashcards

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Ptolemy

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Thought that everything revolved around the earth,

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copernicus

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thought that the sun is the center of the universe

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brahe, tycho

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He thought that the earth centered the universe

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kepler, johannes

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thought that all the planets revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits.

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galileo

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discovered craters and mounts on earths moon, four of Jupiter moons, sunspots on the sun, and the phases of Venus

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newton, isaac

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He made the law of gravity

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hubble, edwin

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believed of the galaxies existed beyond the edge of the milky way

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ursa major

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is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory.

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ursa minor

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is a constellation in the Northern Sky.

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orion

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a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world.

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cansis major

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a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere.

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cassiopiea

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a constellation in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.

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red gaint

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a large reddish star late in its life cycle

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black hole

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an object so massive and dense that even light cannot escape its gravity

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parallax

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an apparent shift in the position of an abject when viewed form different locations

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light year

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a distance that light travels in one year

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polaris

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a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.