astronomy

Question 1

Was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology

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Ptolemy

Question 2

Was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe

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Copernicus

Question 3

Was a Danish nobleman, astronomer, and writer known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations

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brahe, Tycho

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Was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer

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Kepler, Johannes

Question 5

Is a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution

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Galileo

Question 6

Was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author and physicist who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution

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Newton, Isaac

Question 7

Was the one who discovered the Cosmos

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Hubble, Edwin

Question 8

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

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Ursa major

Question 9

Is a constellation in the Northern Sky

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Ursa minor

Question 10

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

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Orion

Question 11

Is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere.

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Canis major

Question 12

Is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty

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Cassiopeia

Question 13

A very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature

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Red giant

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Is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter

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White dwarf

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Is any star that is fusing hydrogen in its core and has a stable balance of outward pressure from core nuclear fusion and gravitational forces pushing inward

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Main-sequence star

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A star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass

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Supernova

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A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape

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Black hole

Question 18

Is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines

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Parallax

Question 19

A unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607 × 1012 km (nearly 6 trillion miles)

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Light-year

Question 20

Is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.

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Polaris