This document appears to be a worksheet or study guide about important discoveries in astronomy. It lists 24 questions about astronomical discoveries and concepts throughout history, including questions about Mesopotamian astronomy, Copernicus discovering the Sun is the center of the solar system, Galileo discovering Jupiter's moons, the invention of the telescope, Edwin Hubble discovering galaxies, and the expanding universe. The document provides a high-level overview of some of the most important people and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of astronomy.
This document appears to be a worksheet or study guide about important discoveries in astronomy. It lists 24 questions about astronomical discoveries and concepts throughout history, including questions about Mesopotamian astronomy, Copernicus discovering the Sun is the center of the solar system, Galileo discovering Jupiter's moons, the invention of the telescope, Edwin Hubble discovering galaxies, and the expanding universe. The document provides a high-level overview of some of the most important people and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of astronomy.
This document appears to be a worksheet or study guide about important discoveries in astronomy. It lists 24 questions about astronomical discoveries and concepts throughout history, including questions about Mesopotamian astronomy, Copernicus discovering the Sun is the center of the solar system, Galileo discovering Jupiter's moons, the invention of the telescope, Edwin Hubble discovering galaxies, and the expanding universe. The document provides a high-level overview of some of the most important people and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of astronomy.
This document appears to be a worksheet or study guide about important discoveries in astronomy. It lists 24 questions about astronomical discoveries and concepts throughout history, including questions about Mesopotamian astronomy, Copernicus discovering the Sun is the center of the solar system, Galileo discovering Jupiter's moons, the invention of the telescope, Edwin Hubble discovering galaxies, and the expanding universe. The document provides a high-level overview of some of the most important people and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of astronomy.
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100 Greatest Discoveries Astronomy
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1. What did the Mesopotamians do for astronomy?
2. What did the Greeks say about the planets? 3. Copernicus discovered that the _______ was the center of the solar system. 4. The Planets elliptical orbits was discovered by _______. 5. Who discovered that Jupiter had moons? 6. The telescope was invented in what year? _______ 7. A theory can only be viable when supported by _______. 8. In the middle ages, what did the appearance of a comet mean? 9. The orbital period of Halleys comet is _______ years. 10. Hershel built a 20 foot telescope to do what? 11. A perihelion is that part of an orbit when the planet is _______ the sun. 12. Einstein came up with the idea of _______ space and called his theory General Relativity. 13. How was Einsteins general relativity theory proven to be right? 14. The person who discovered galaxies was _______ _______. 15. A galaxy that is moving away from us is shifted toward the _______ end of the spectrum proving that the universe is expanding. 16. What was discovered with the Bell Labs microwave antenna in 1964? 17. The steady state theory says the universe has __________________ 18. How did the United States keep an eye on Russia in the 1960s? 19. The first gamma ray burst discovered was _______ billion light years away. 20. How is a planet orbiting another star detected? 100 Greatest Discoveries Astronomy
Name _________________________ Per _________Date_________________
21. How many other planets have been discovered? 22. Is the universe slowing down as it expands? 23. The energy that could be causing the universe to speed up is called _______ energy.