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Write two facts about ancient astronomy.
Write one question about ancient astronomy.
Ex.: What is the name of God responsible for thunder and rain? Answer: Tlaloc

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Colin Buschbacher  :)

1.The person who established the Heliocentric theory was Nicolaus Copernicus in the 1500s.
2.Johannes kepler is known for his 3 laws of planetary motion.

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Raychel Washington

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1. Who developed the 3 laws of planetary motion?
2. One light year is 6 trillion miles
3. What's the distance to Polaris?
4. How old is ancient astronomy?

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Facts:
1. Henrietta Swan discovered the cepheid variable.
2. Galileo made the first telescope in 1619, and noticed that the moon wasn't perfect.

Question:
Who believed the Gods descended from the Orion belt?

Answer:
The Egyptians

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Aaron Garcia

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Ancient Astronomy is used for  events to tell time and navigate.Ancient astronomy is almost 30,000 years old.-Aaron Garcia

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Ancient Astronomy is used for  events to tell time and navigate.Ancient astronomy is almost 30,000 years old.-Aaron Garcia

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One light-year is about 6 trillion miles.
A person who weighs 220 pounds on Earth would weigh only 84 pounds on Mars.
How old is Ancient Astronomy?30,000-year-old

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1.) Geocentric is a term used for the belief that the earth is at the center.
2.)Heliocentric is a term used for the belief that the sun is at the center.

Who developed the 3 laws of planetary motion?
Answer:Johannes Kepler

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Egyptians depended on the Nile River to grow their crops.Pyramids are aligned with the four cardinal directions. (N,S,E,W)
Question:Why do people know little knowledge of Mayans?
Answer:Their text were burnt by the Spanish Conquistadors.

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Aztecs believed the zodiac constellations defined a person
Mayans developed some of the most accurate pre-telescope (before telescopes were made) astronomy in the world
How old is ancient astronomy?
Ancient astronomy is 30,000 years old. The oldest account of astronomical observations are painted on cave walls.

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(1)Native americans used astronomy for serving as the basis for governance, agricultural practices and more.
(2) The ancient Greeks were some of the first people to study the sky and understand astronomy. They realized the Earth was a sphere, or a three-dimensional circular object, and tried to measure its size.

What was the god Osiris known for?
(answer: He was both a god of fertility and the embodiment of the dead and resurrected king.)

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The Aztecs were "The People of the Sun".
Galileo discovered the Earth was not the center of the universe.

What did the Mayans look to for guidance?

They looked to the sky for the guidance.

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1.) Earth is 15 thousand KM
2.)polaris does not move

QUESTION :  Who originally found out the size of the earth?
ANSWER: The ancient Greeks.

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Small patterns of stars within a constellation are called asterisms.
Different constellations become visible throughout the year.
Why are constellations important?They help stargazers and astronomers recognise specific stars in the night sky.

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The Moon moves around the Earth in a movement called revolution.
The Moon is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
How old is the moon? 4.53 billion years

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One light year is 6 trillion miles

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Tycho Brahe is credited with accurate measurements (distance) of the sky.
Q:How many years did Tycho Brahe spend observing the night sky and spent his days doing the math to prove his thoughts?
A: 20 years

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New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter, Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous, and Waning Crescent.

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The oldest of the natural sciences, astronomy has multiple roots like prehistoric religious, mythological, cosmological, calendrical, and astrological beliefs and practices.People used Ancient Astronomy to tell time and navigate.-Aaron Garcia
Question: how big is earth?
Answer: 3,958.8 mi

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Write two facts about constellations.
Write two questions about constellations.
Ex.: How many constellations in our Zodiac?
Answer: 13
As the Earth rotates, the sun, the moon, and planets travel on a set path through the sky known as the ecliptic. The list of 13 constellations they pass through are known as the stars of the zodiac. Yes, that’s right – there are 13, not 12 zodiac constellations. Their names and order in which the sun, moon, and planets travel through them are:

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Ophiucus

Saggitarius

Astrology uses 12 of these constellations as signs of the zodiac, omitting Ophiuchus, to make predictions about our lives, compatibilities, and future. But did you know that if you are born under a particular sign, the constellation it is named for is not visible at night? Instead, the sun is passing through it around that time of year, making it a daytime constellation that can’t be seen. For example, if we are at the end of October and although we have just entered the Scorpio zodiac sign period, the constellations that are visible at night are Aquarius, Capricorn and Sagittarius.

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1.)There are 88 constellations.
2.)Ursa Major is called Big Bear.

1.)What is Ursa Minor called?
Answer:Little Bear

2.)What is Cassiopeia called?
Answer:Beauty queen

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1.)There are 88 total constellations.
2.)Greeks named the constellations.

1.)What's the largest constellation we see?
Answer:The largest constellation is Hydra.

2.)What's the smallest constellation we see?
Answer:Crux is the smallest constellation we see.

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1.)There are 88 constellations.

2.)The Ursa Major is a big bear and circumpolar.

1.Who made up the constellations?
(Answer: The Greeks)

2.What is the biggest constellation?
(Answer: Hydra)

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There are 88 constellations

2 facts-

The largest constellation by area is Hydra which is 3.16% of the sky.

The smallest is Crux which only takes up 0.17 percent of the sky.

Greeks found our constellations also ancient greeks named our constellations

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1) There's a total of 88 constellations
2)The constellations are named in latin

1)A grouping of stars that is not an official constellation is called what?
Answer: asterism

2)What does "stella" mean in Latin?
Answer: Star

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What is Ursa Minor called?
A: Little Bear

What are constellations used for?
A: To name stars and meteor showers

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There are 12 constellations of the zodiac.

A grouping of stars that is not an official constellation is called an asterism.

What is Ursa Major also called?
Answer- Big Bear

What is Ursa Minor also called?
Answer- Little Bear

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Orion-Hunter holding a shield and a club,not circumpolar.
The path the Sun appears to travel through is called the ecliptic.
Question:Who discovered there were galaxies outside of our own galaxy and that the Universe was expanding?
Answer:Edwin Hubble

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FACTS
1.) The word "constellation" comes from a Latin term meaning "set with stars."
2.) Constellation's position change over the years

QUESTION 1.)
What does orion wield?
answer: a bow
QUESTION 2
What is the constellation "Hydra"?
answer:the largest constellation.

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Write two facts movement of the moon.

Write three question about moon vocabulary.
Ex.: What is sideral month of the moon? Answer: One lunar revolution measured with respect to the fixed stars.

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What are moonquakes?They are produced as a result of meteoroids hitting the surface or by the gravitational pull of the Earth squeezing and stretching the moon's interior, in a similar way to the moon's tidal pull on Earth's oceans.
Does the Moon really have volcanoes?Researchers have found evidence for 70 young volcanic structures on the moon's near side.

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Facts : It travels around our planet once every 27.322 days in an elliptical orbit, an elongated circle. The Moon is tidally locked with Earth, which means that it spins on its axis exactly once each time it orbits our planet. Because of this, people on Earth only ever see one side of the Moon.

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1.)The moon has 8 phases.
2.)The orbital period of the moon is 27 days.

1.)What is the 3rd moon phase?
Answer:1st quarter / half moon
2.)When is a typical sunrise?
Answer:6am
3.)What is the 1 moon phase?
Answer:New moon
4.)What is synodial?
Answer:One Lunar revolution from full moon to full moon

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1.) There is no air to breathe on the Moon.
2.) The Moon began with an explosive collision.

Questions:
1.)Is there a Man in the Moon?
(Answer: The figure is actually composed of the dark areas, and the lighter highlands on the surface of the Moon, and is often referred to as the “Man in the Moon.”)
2.) How high can u jump on the moon?
(Answer: On the moon you can jump 9 feet)
3.)How does the Moon affect the ocean tides?
(answer:the Moon's gravitational pull causes the oceans to bulge out on both the side closest to the Moon and the side farthest from the Moon.)

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The definition of sidereal is : 1 Lunar Revolution measured with respect to fixed stars.
The definition of synodial is : 1 lunar revolution from full moon to full moon.

1)Whats the orbital period of the moon in days?
Answer: 27 days

2)Does the moon have Volcanoes?
Answer: Yes it does.

3)How is the gravity of the moon compared to the earth?
Answer: The moons gravity is 1/6th of the earths gravity.

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Facts:
1) It takes about a month for the moon to go through all phases.
2) The moon rises later, later, and later, and once it reaches the full moon, it starts to do the opposite.

Questions and Answers:
Question: How many phases of the moon are there?
Answer: 8
True or false: We always see the same side of the moon.
Answer: True
Question: What is it called when light is given to the moon?
Answer: Waxing

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Fact: It travels around our planet once every 27.322 days
Fact: The Moon is tidally locked with Earth
Fact: The Moon always shows Earth the same face
Question: What movements does the Moon have?
Answer:  Its revolution and its rotation.
Question: How many phases does the moon have?
A: 8

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1.) The moon makes one revolution around the Earth about every 27 days.
2.) We only see one side of the moon.

1.) How many moons can fit in the Earth?
About 50 moons can fit into Earth.

2.) What does moondust smell like?
Moon dust smells like gunpowder

3.)What's the average moon temperature?
At night the average temperature is about -298 degrees fahrenheit. During the day temperatures are around 298 degrees.

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FACTS
1.)An unofficial group is stars is called a asterism.
2.)The Zodiac constellations have a 13th constellation called Ophiuchus.

QUESTIONS
1.)What types of constellations are the Zodiac constellations?

2.)What are constellations?

ANSWERS
1.)The Zodiac constellations are circumpolar.

2.)Constellations are groups of stars that are named.

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It travels around our planet once every 27.322 days in an elliptical orbit, an elongated circle.Umbra is the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
Question:What are the two main movements of the moon?
Answer:its revolution and its rotation
Question:Which force is responsible for the movement of moon?
Answer:Gravitational force
Question:What speed does the Moon travel?
Answer:The Moon orbits Earth at a speed of 2,288 miles per hour.

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The moon moves for 29.5 days in respect of the fixed stars.  The moon also has 8 phases that vary month by month.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1).What is the umbra? Ans.)The umbra is the darkest part of the moon's shadow and cone shaped.

2.)What is the phase of the moon that it looks completely dark in? Ans.)It is the new moon.

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Example in size comparison.
What objects would you compare Sun, Earth, and Moon to scale.
Large house (sun), pumpkin (Earth),  ping pong ball (Moon)

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Define concepts.
Ask two questions.

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Define concept.
Post picture.
Ask question.

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Texas Sun)   Walmart store(Earth)    School bus(Moon)

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Sun=A notebook
Earth=A stack of sticky notes
Moon= a paperclip

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Ocean (Sun)
volcano (Earth)
Small Moutain (Moon)

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Classroom (Sun)
Desk (Earth)
Computer (Moon)

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I would compare the  sun,earth, and moon by..

Sun=Yoga Ball
Earth= Christmas Tree ornament
Moon= Small bouncy/rubber ball

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Mastiff (sun) Australian Shepard (earth) Chihuahua (moon)

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I see the sun as a tree,the earth as a possum and the moon as an apple.

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1 Au is 93million miles
How long is 1 light years long in a year?
(answer: 186,000 miles)
What is the size of the galaxy?
(answer: 52,850 light years)

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1 astronomical unit is 9.296e+7 miles.

How many light years does it take to leave the solar system?
Answer) about 500 light years

How many astronomical units is jupiter?
Answer) 5.2

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1 astronomical unit is 149597870.7 km
1 light year is 9.46 trillion kilometers

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An astronomical unit is the distance from Earth to the Sun.
A light year is the distance light travels in a year.

Question 1: How many light years is our solar system?
Answer: . 00127 light years

Question 2: how many AUs is Jupiter from the Sun?
Answer: 5.2 Astronomical Units.

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1 light year is 300,000 kilometers.
3 Astronomical Units are 450 million kilometers.
How far is the galaxy?1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km
What would be 1,000,000 times bigger than walmart?Texas

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Wolfhound(sun)
American Foxhound(earth)
Rat Terrier(moon)

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one astronomical unit is 149597870.7 km
One light year is 9.46 trillion kilometers

Questions: how many miles is 5 au?
Answer: 4.648e+8 miles
Question: How many light years is 5970 miles?
Answer: 1.01554e-9 light years

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Because the earth is tilted on its axis, it creates seasons.

Question: How many seasons are there and what are they?
Answer: 4 seasons and they are winter,spring, summer, and fall.

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Sun=School
Earth=Squirrel
Moon=Acorn

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1.)Earth's axis is not perpendicular. It has an axial tilt, or obliquity. Axial tilt is the angle between the planet's rotational axis and its orbital axis.
2.)each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

Why does the earth tilt?
(answer: As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Earth is pulled by the gravitational forces of the Sun, Moon, and large planets in the solar system, primarily Jupiter and Saturn.)

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The Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees. This tilt causes seasons.

Question: What day is the winter solstice?
Answer: December 21st

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The earths tilt cause seasons.

What angle is the earth tilted out?
Answer) 23.5

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A light year is the distance light travels in a year. Light moves super-fast, so that's a really big distance. One light year is almost six trillion miles. And an astronomical unit is the average distance between the earth and the sun.
Question:Why are light-years used in astronomical units?
Answer: The speed of light is constant throughout the universe and is known to high precision.
Question:Why is it called light-year?
Answer:Light-year is the distance light travels in one year.

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A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region.
Why does Earth tilt on its axis?Earth has magnetic field with North & South Poles. The axis of rotation is different from the magnetic poles. This difference creates force for the earth to rotate on its axis.

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(Sun)Christmas tree
(Earth)Present
(Moon)Ornament on the floor

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MOVEMENT

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Earth distance to the moon :
405,696 KM
or
252,008 M
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QUESTION
What is the diameter of the moon?
Answer:   3,474 KM
or
2159 M

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1.) Longitude is the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

2.) Latitude is the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

1.)How many latitude lines are there?
Answer: 180
2.)How many longitude lines are there?
Answer:360

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Facts) 1.At latitude 0° (the Equator) day length will be approximately 12 hours.
2.Areas on the Equator have a constant 12 hours of day light all year round.

Questions)
1. Which latitude always receives 24 hours of daylight?
Answer:Locations above the Arctic Circle receive 24 hours of sunlight.
2. What two factors determine the length of a day?
Answer:It depends on your latitude North or South of the equator and the time of the year.

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1) At latitude 0° the Equator day length will be almost 12 hours.

2)The length of a day changes far more during the year at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes.

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Facts
1)Each degree of latitude covers about 111 kilometers on the Earth's surface.
2)A second of latitude covers only about 30.7 meters.

Questions
1)How is the length of day affected by latitude?
As latitude increases to 80 degree's day length can be seen to increase to 24 hours or decrease to zero.
2)Does time depend on latitude?
The time of a place does not depend on its latitude.

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The equator is latitude 0°, and the North Pole and South Pole are latitudes 90°N and 90°S, respectively. The length of one degree of latitude averages about 69 mi (110 km); it increases slightly from the equator to the poles as a result of the earth's polar flattening.
Longitude--Run in a north-south direction.
Measure distance east or west of the prime meridian.
What is latitude used for?Latitude measures the distance north or south of the equator
What is longitude used for?They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west.

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1.)  time calculate time u need to move 4 minutes every 1 degree.
2.) The Equator gets the most sunlight.
QUESTIONS:
1.)  Which directions do lines of latitude measure?
(answer: Latitude measures the distance north or south equator.)
2.) When plotting or finding coordinates, which do you find first?
(answer: The x-coordinate)

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1.)Each degree of latitude covers about 111 kilometers on the Earth's surface.
2.)One degree of latitude can be further divided into 60 minutes

Question:What are the 5 points of latitude?
Answer:

Equator

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Arctic Circle

Antarctic Circle

Question: What's the latitude of the equator?
Answer:  0o

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1.)The sun takes about 225 million to 250 million years to orbit one time around the galactic center.

2.)Its orbit is between 24,000 and 26,000 light-years away from the galactic center.

1.)In what direction does the Sun orbit around the center of the Milky Way?
Answer:The sun orbits clockwise around the center of the Milky Way.
2.)How far away is the sun?
Answer: It is located at a distance of almost 150 million km from us.

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1.)How do you calculate day length from latitude?
Divide the value of the latitude in degrees by 15

2.)How do you calculate the length of the day?
The moment from when the up- per limb of the sun disc appears above the horizon during sunrise

3.)At latitude 0° (the Equator) day length will be approximately 12 hours.

4.)A second of latitude covers only about 30.7 meters.

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Facts:
1.The sun's radius is 695,700km.
2. The sun's average orbital speed around the Milky Way: 720,000 km/h (200 km/s)

Questions:
1. How old is the sun?
Answer: Over 4.5 billion years old

2. True or False: You can live without sunlight.
Answer: False

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Facts)
1. As the spin of the Earth carries us eastward at almost one thousand miles per hour, we see stars rising in the East, passing overhead, and setting in the West.

2. Stars are fueled by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to form helium deep in their interiors.

Questions)
1.Which star doesn't appear to move?
Answer: polaris

2. How is a star born?
Answer: A star is born when atoms of light elements are squeezed under enough pressure for their nuclei to undergo fusion

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A person crossing the International date line from east to west loses a day while crossing it from west to east he gains a day. Each degree of latitude is approximately 111 kilometers apart. A degree of longitude is widest at the equator with a distance of 111.321 kilometers.

The Tropic of Cancer is?
Answer:(23.5° north)
Question:The Tropic of Capricorn is?
Answer:(23.5° south)

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Facts
1)The equator is an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
2) Solstice is the time or date at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination.

Questions
1)Whats the tropic of cancer?
Its the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead.

2) Whats the tropic of capricorn?
Its the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December solstice.

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1.)Our solar system is moving with an average velocity of 450,000 miles per hour.
2.)Average orbital speed around the Milky Way: 720,000km/h (200km/s)

Questions:
1.) what movement of the sun.
(answer: The Sun rotates on its axis as it revolves around the galaxy.)
2.)What is the movement of the sun caused by?
(answer: The earth)

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The position of the rising sun keeps on moving towards the south in the period from 21st June to 22nd December.
This plasma rotates at different speeds on different parts of the Sun.
What is the sun used for?It radiates light and heat, or solar energy, which makes it possible for life to exist on Earth.
What is the movement of the sun caused by?The sun's motion is apparent, caused entirely by the movement of the Earth.

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1)The position of the rising sun keeps on moving towards the south in the period from 21st June to 22nd December. This period is called Dakshinayan. From 22nd December to 21st June, the sun keeps on moving towards the north. This period is called Uttarayan.
2)

This apparent motion across the sky is due to the rotation of Earth. As Earth turns eastward on its axis, we move along with it, creating the illusion that the Sun moves through the sky over a day.

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The Sun actually spins faster at its equator than at its poles. At the surface, the area around the equator rotates once about every 24 days. The Sun's north and south poles rotate more slowly. It can take those areas more than 30 days to complete one rotation.

Question:Did the sun appear to move?
Answer:the Sun doesn't move at all
Question:What keeps the sun spinning?
Answer:The sun spins under its own inertia

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F A C T S

Lines of latitude,also known as meridians;are imaginary lines that divide the earth.

Lines of latitude run in a North-South direction.

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I N Q U I R I E S
1.) How many lines of longitude are there surrounding the earth?
ANSWER
Three-hundred-and- Sixty
2.) Why are longitude and latitude important?
Answer: Latitude and longitude make up the grid system that helps us identify absolute, or exact, locations on the Earth's surface.