astronamy Flashcards
a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer
Ptolemy
mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe
Copernicus
Danish nobleman, astronomer
Brahe, Tycho
German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer
Kepler, Johannes
an Italian polymath
Galileo
English mathematician, astronomer, theologian,
Newton, Isaac
an American astronomer
Hubble, Edwin
a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
Ursa major
an American astronomer
Ursa minor
a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
Orion
an American astronomer
Canis major
a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
Cassiopeia
an American astronomer
Red giant
a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
White dwarf
a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
Main-sequence star
a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass
Supernova
a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter
Black hole
the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions
Parallax
a unit of length used to express astronomical distances.
Light-year
commonly the North Star or Pole Star
Polaris
