Astrology Flashcards
WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH CALLED?
ASTRONOMICAL UNIT
APPROX. 93 MILLION MILES
WHAT IS THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY LIGHT IN ONE YEAR CALLED?
A LIGHT YEAR
APPROX. 5.88 TRILLION MI.
WHAT IS A PARASEC?
A unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years.
A FUZZY PATCH OF INTERSTELLAR GASSES AND DUST IS CALLED?
A NEBULA
A GROUPING OF STARS THAT MAKE A NOTICABLE PATTERN IS CALLED?
A CONSTELLATION
ACCORDING TO THE PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS, WHAT SMALL CELESTIAL BODY HELPED FORM THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
A PLANETESIMAL
WHAT IS A NUCLEAR FUSION?
WHEN 2 NUCLEI COME TOGETHER TO CREATE A NUCLEUS.
WHAT IS A PLANET WITHIN ANOTHER PLANET CALLED?
A TERRESTRIAL PLANET
THE FOUR OUTTERMOST PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, MUCH BIGGER THAN EARTH ARE ALSO KNOWN AS….
GAS GIANT PLANETS
(JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE)
WHAT IS A COMET?
A CELESTIAL BODY THAT MOVES AROUND THE SUN IN AN ORBIT SO FAST THAT IT IS FOLLOWED BY A TRAIL OF DUST.
ANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF SMALL BODIES THAT VARY IN SIZE THAT ORBIT AROUND THE SUN ARE CALLED? ALSO KNOWN AS MINOR PLANETS.
ASTERIODS
THE TIME RATE OF CHANGE OF ANGULAR POSITION OF A ROTATING BODY, USUALLY EXPRESSED IN RADIANS PER SECOND OR MINUTE?
ANGULAR VELOCITY
WHAT IS ORBIT?
THE CURVED PATH TAKEN BY A PLANET AROUND A CELESTIAL BODY SUCH AS THE SUN.
WHAT DOES SIDEREAL DAY MEAN?
WHAT IS THE 24-HOUR INTERVAL BETWEEN ONE MIDNIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING MIDNIGHT CALLED?
WHAT IS AN ACCRETION?
An increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
WHAT IS A LARGE RISE AND FALL OF A TIDE DURING A FULL MOON?
SPRING TIDE.
WHAT IS A NEAP TIDE?
Tide that occurs at the first or last quarter of the moon.
WHAT IS A COMA?
A STATE OF PROLONGED UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
THE ACT OF PRECEEDING SOMETHING IS ALSO KNOWN AS?
PRECESSION.
WHAT IS AN ORBIT PLANE?
A PATH ON WHICH TERRESTRIAL BODIES ORBIT ONE ANOTHER.
