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Karteikarten von Brian Hedspeth, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Brian Hedspeth
vor etwa 11 Jahre
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| Frage | Antworten |
| doppler effect | An apparent change in wavelength caused by a change in distance between two objects. |
| rotation | Spinning on an axis. |
| eccentricity | Out of roundness. |
| universe | Everything that exists. |
| geocentric model | Earth-centered. |
| solar system | Made up of a star and all the objects that revolve around it. |
| local time | Equal for all locations on the same meridian (line of longitude). |
| constellation | A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky. |
| revolution | The amount of time to go once around the sun. |
| coriolis effect | A deflection of materials caused by Earth’s rotation. |
| eclipse | Occurs when celestial objects move into another’s shadow. |
| foucault pendulum | A device which provides evidence that the Earth rotates. |
| tides | Rising and falling of the oceans caused by the moon’s gravitational attraction to the Earth. |
| ellipse | A closed curve around two points. |
| celestial object | Anything outside Earth’s atmosphere. |
| comet | Compared to a dirty snowball. Has a tail when gets too close to the sun. |
| asteroid | A solid rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun. |
| focus | A fixed point. |
| altitude | The angular distance of a celestial object above the horizon. |
| luminosity | The brightness of an object. |
| meteor | Also called a shooting star. |
| galaxy | A large grouping of stars. |
| heliocentric model | Sun-centered. |
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