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| who rejected the geocentric world view |
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| who was most associated with the ancient greek world view |
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| who wrote the book ALMAGEST |
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| who accurately determined the size of the Earth |
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| what is the geocentric model of the Universe |
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| Earth is the center of the universe and the planets rotate around it |
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| what is the heliocentric model |
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| Sun is the center of the universe and the planets rotate around it |
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| who came up with the Heliocentric world view |
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| the last astronomer without a telescope. |
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| who provided Kepler with the data needed in order to develop his 3 Laws |
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| who came up with the laws of planetary motion |
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| planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus of the ellipse |
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planets sweep over equal areas in equal time intervals
(faster when closer to the sun, and slower when further from the sun) |
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p^2=a^3
the amount of time a planet takes to orbit the Sun, P is related to its orbit's size, a
the planet further away takes longer to orbit. |
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a body maintains the same velocity unless forces act on it.
a body continues in a state of rest, or in uniform motion in a straight line at a constant speed, unless made to change that state by forces acting on it. |
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| for every action there's an opposite reaction |
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| the perfect emitter and absorber of radiation. any light that goes in is absorbed, and if any light is steen it is due to temperature |
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| which two laws applies to the blackbody |
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| Wien's Law and Stefan's Law |
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| the shorter the wavelength the hotter |
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| the hotter the object the brighter |
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| what tells the source of the spectrums |
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