Chapters 5-8 Flashcards
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto using a device called a ___ comparator.
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Who gets credit for a scientific discovery?
The person who makes the discovery public gets credit for a scientific discovery
Who solved the mystery of Saturn’s rings by showing that they could not be solid, liquid, or gas, but must be many small particles independently orbiting Saturn?
James Clerk Maxwell
List the letters that make the mnemonic (memory aid) to name the planets in order from the sun. You can write the mnemonic if you prefer.
M,V,E,M,J,S,U,N (or My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos)
What gap did the Bode-Titius series of numbers indicate?
A planet “missing” between Mars and Jupiter - the asteroid belt fills this gap.
The ___ of Saturn’s orbit causes Saturn’s rings to disappear from view when they are viewed on-edge from Earth
inclination
The first astronomer to see Neptune
Johann Galle in Germany
How does the orbital period of the planets correlate to distance from the sun?
The farther the planet is from the sun, the longer it takes to orbit the sun.
In addition to magnification, another purpose of a telescope is to ___ light.
gather
Asteroid means
“star-like”
Christian Huygens discovered a large moon of Saturn, later named ___.
Titan
Astronomy photographs are often printed upside-down to match ___.
the inverted image seen in the telescope
Who discovered Uranus?
William Herschel
What is the name for a small, icy planet like Pluto, located beyond the orbit of Neptune?
plutoid
What new telescope design did Isaac Newton introduce?
He built a reflecting telescope, which used a mirror to reflect light to a focus.
