ELS Flashcards
THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
THE SUN
MASS AND DIAMETER OF THE SUN
1.39KM / 86400 MILES (DIAMETER) 330.222 TIMES OF EARTH (MASS)
PLANET IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORD?
PLANETOS WHICH MEANS WANDERER
INNERMOST AND SMALLEST PLANET. SUNLIGHT WOULD BE AS MUCH AS 7X BRIGHTER
MERCURY
BRIGHTEST AND HOTTEST PLANET MADE OF SULFURIC ACID
VENUS
WATER COVERS ROUGHLY 71% OF THIS PLANET
EARTH
HOW WIDE IS THE MOON
2.519 MILES OR 3.474 KM
NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF WAR
MARS
WHAT ARE THE MOONS OF MARS
PHOBOS AND DEIMOS
PHOBOS AND DEIMOS ARE NAMED AFTER THE LATIN WORDS?
FEAR AND PANIC
LARGEST PLANET AND IS 2 1/2 TIMES MORE MASSIVE THAN ALL THE OTHER PLANETS COMBINED
JUPITER
HOW MANY YEARDS DID THE RES SPOT OR STORM RAGED IN THE JUPITER
350 YEARS
WHAT ARE THE JUPITER’S MOONS CALLED
JOVIAN SATTELITES
WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF GANYMEDE (JUPITER’S MOON)
5.269 KM OR LARGER THAN MERCURY
JUPITER’S 4 MAJOR MOONS
GANYMEDE, EUROPA, IO, CALLISTO
WHAT IS THE DARK LINE IN THE SATURN CALLED
CASSINI DIVISION
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANET
SATURN
WHO DISCOVERED URANUS
WILLIAM HERSCHEL
WHAT IS URANUS REFFERERD AS
ICE GIANT
SATURN’S MAJOR MOONS
CALYPSO
PANDORA
METHONE
HYPERION
MIMAS
THEA
IAPETUS
TITAN
ENCELEDUS
TETHYS
DIONE
JANUS
PROMETHEUS
EPIMTHEUS
HELENE
MAJOR MOONS OF URANUS
TITANIA
ODERON
UMBRIEL
ARIEL
MIRANDA
TWIN PLANET OF URANUS
NEPTUNE
HOW MANY YEARS DOES NEPTUNE TAKE TO GO AROUND THE SUN
165 YEARS
HOW MANY RINGS AND RING ARCS DOES NEPTUNE HAVE
5 MAIN RINGS AND 4 RING ARCS
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR MOONS OF NEPTUNE
PROTEUS
HIPPOCAMP
LARISSA
GALATEA
DESPINA
THALASSA
NAIAD
DWARF PLANETS
PLUTO
CERES
ERIS
MAKEMAKE
HAUMEA
CELESTIAL BODIES THAT REVOLVES AROUND A PLANET
NATURAL SATTELITES
WANDERING STARS THAT MAY PASS TO A BOUNDARY OF A PLANET
COMET
SEPARATE THE INNER AND OUTER PLANETS
ASTEROIDS
WHAT DID THE GREEKS BELIEVE
GEOCENTRISM
HAS A STONE CONSIDERED AS EARLIEST CALENDAR
NABTA PLAYA
POSTULATED THE CONCEPT OF ETHER
ARISTOTLE
THE MATERIAL THAT FILLS THE REGION OF THE UNIVERS
AETHER OR ETHER
PROPOSED GEOCENTRISM
ARISTOTLE
ARISTARCHUS
FIRST ATTEMPT TO DISCUSS HELIOCENTRISM
SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF ARISTOTLE (GEOCENTRISM)
CLADIUS PTOLEMY
SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF ARISTOTLE (GEOCENTRISM)
CLADIUS PTOLEMY
PROPOSED HELIOCENTRISM
NICOLAUS CUPERNICUS
SUPPORTED TGE HELIOCENTRISM CONCEPT
GIORDANO BRUNO
PROPOSED A COMPROMISE BETWEEN GEOCENTRISM AND HELIOCENTRISM
TYCHO BRAHE
USED THE RECORDS OF BRAHE AND GALILEO
JOHANNER KEPLER
INVENTED TELESCOPE
GALILEO GALILEI
FORMULATED THE WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT AND DISCOVERED THE PENDULUM CLOCK
CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS
DISCOVERED SATURNS MOON
JEAN DOMINIQUE CASSINI
WHEN WERE THE SATURNS MOONS DISCOVERED
LAPETUS 1671, RHEA 1672, TETHYS AND DIONE 1684
DISCOVERED CASSINI DIVISION
JEAN DOMINIQUE CASSINI