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  • Tycho's Observations
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    Tycho Brahe Type (Latinized as Tycho) Brahe was born on 14 December 1546 in S kane, then in Denmark, now in Sweden. He was the eldest son of Otto Brahe and Bette Bill, both from families in the high nobility of Denmark. He was brought up by his paternal uncle J rgen Brahe and became his heir. He attended the universities of Copenhagen and Leipzig, and then traveled through the German region, studying further at the universities of Wittenberg, Rostock, and Basel. During this period his interest i...
  • Planets In A Solar System
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    Where the Planets Are In the beginning, the Earth was believed to be both flat and at the center of the universe. Then a sailor set sail to prove that the Earth is in fact round. Decades later science proved that the churches were wrong and in fact the Earth orbited around the Sun not the other way around. Now it is commonly known that the solar system that the human race lives in is just a small part of a much larger spinning body called a galaxy. Now science argues about whether or not Pluto i...
  • Motion Of The Planets
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    Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) HIS LIFE Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician ho discovered that planetary motion is elliptical. Early in his life, Kepler wanted to prove that the universe obeyed Platonist ic mathematical relationships, such as the planetary orbits were circular and at distances from the sun proportional to the Platonic solids (see paragraph below). However, when his friend the astronomer Tycho Brahe died, he gave Kepler his immense collection of astronomical ob...
  • 700 Km From Neptune's Cloud
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    Little was known about Neptune, which was discovered in 1846, until the Voyager 2 encounter in 1989. It has a similar composition to Uranus and is close in mass to Uranus. Its thick atmosphere made of hydrogen, helium, and some methane and ammonia, gives it a bluish color. DISCOVERY On August 25, 1989, the voyager discovered Neptune, but only after traveling 12 years at an average velocity of 19 kilometers a second (about 42 miles an hour). The Voyager 2 observed Neptune almost continuously from...
  • Martinez 1 Johannes Kepler Introduction Johannes Kepler
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    Martinez 1 Johannes Kepler Introduction Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571. He was born in Weil der Stadt, Germany. His birth city was in a wine region and near France. Weil der Stadt is in southwest Germany where the houses are small and streets were even smaller. Johannes was the son first son of Henry and Katherine Kepler, and since his birthday fell on St. John's day, he was given the apostle's name in baptism. Kepler's grandfather was supposedly from a noble background, and once ...
  • Wolf Of Planet X
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    Did you know that PLANET X will pass through our solar system again in 2003 after approximately 3660 years of absence on its regular orbit? Like most people you probably do not know this. The knowledge has been kept away from the public for several reasons, one of which is to avoid causing panic among the world's population. #1 question -- Will you be in a safe area? Will you be ready or do you care for your loved ones lives? We live in a binary system. Our suns dark twin lies toward the Orion g...
  • Planet In The Beta Pictoris System
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    BETA PICTORIS: PLANETS? LIFE? OR WHAT? JARA ASTRONOMY 102 SEC 013 The ultimate question is; Is there a possibility that life might exist on a planet in the Beta Pictoris system? First, one must ask, Are there planets in the Beta Pictoris system? However, that question would be impossible to answer if one did not answer the most basic questions first; Where do planets come from? and do the key elements and situations, needed to form planets, exist in the Beta Pictoris system? To understand where ...
  • Orbit Of Charon Around Pluto
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    Pluto Come wander with me, she said, Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. - Longfellow Although Pluto was discovered in 1930, limited information on the distant planet delayed a realistic understanding of its characteristics. Today Pluto remains the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft, yet an increasing amount of information is unfolding about this peculiar planet. The uniqueness of Pluto's orbit, rotational relationship with its sat...
  • Known As Kepler's Laws Of Planetary Motion
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    Johannes Kepler The Harmonies of the World " By the study of the orbit of Mars, we must either arrive at the secrets of astronomy or forever remain in ignorance of them". Johannes Kepler Biography Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) who was a German astronomer and natural philosopher is noted for coming up with and verifying the three laws of planetary motion. These laws are now known as Kepler's laws of Planetary Motion. Johanne was born on December 27, 1571. Childhood Johanne was born in Weil der Sta...
  • Pluto To A Minor Planet
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    In the outer limits of our solar system there is a planet unlike any other, Pluto. Pluto was discovered in February of 1930 by an American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh. It is the only planet to have been discovered by an American. All though we have known of the existence of Pluto for over thirty years now, there are still many mysteries surrounding this celestial body. Being the farthest planet has made it difficult to study Pluto, Adding to the obscurity of this strange planet is that the capabi...
  • Pluto A Planet Or Not
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    Pluto: A Planet? Many issues have arisen from the debate whether or not Pluto is a planet. Some astronomers say that Pluto should be classified as a "minor planet" due to its size, physical characteristics, and other factors. On the other hand, some astronomers defend Pluto's planet status, citing several key features. Indeed, most of the problem is that there is no formal definition of a planet. Furthermore, it is very difficult to invent one that would allow the solar system to contain all nin...
  • Individual Masses Of Pluto And Charon
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    Matthew Berkowitz Science PLUTO 11-9-99 Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun (usually) and by far the smallest. Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar systems moons (the Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan and Triton). Orbit: 5,913,520,000 km (39.5 AU) from the Sun (average) Diameter: 2274 km Mass: 1.27 e 22 kg In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld. The planet received this name (after many other suggestions) perhaps because it's so far from the Sun...
  • Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler
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    Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) Johannes Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt in Swabia, in southwest Germany, not far from France. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571, a premature child. He was a mathematician and an astronomer. Kepler is most famous for his discovery of the three laws of planetary motion. Also, to a lesser extent, he is known for his work on convex lenses. Furthermore, he also gave the modern explanation of the workings of the eye. He brought about the acceptance of the heliocentric...
  • Ptolemy's Model Of Planetary Motion
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    Claudius Ptolemy was a citizen of the Roman Empire, who lived around the year 100 AD. Ptolemy was influential in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and geography. In astronomy Ptolemy relied somewhat on the theories and observations of previous astronomers, such as the geocentric model designed by Aristotle; to create his own model of our solar system. Ptolemy's model of planetary motion was one of his greatest contributions to the science of astronomy. The model (seen in 1.1) was based on a ...
  • Clyde Tombaugh The Discoverer Of Pluto
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    "To the Stars Through Difficulties" is the state motto of Kansas, the place where Clyde Tombaugh the discoverer of Pluto grew up. But it is impossible to talk about Tombaugh without speaking of Percival Lowell who first noticed that there was an anonymous ninth planet beyond Neptune, and he called it Planet X. These two ingenious and analytical men who never worked physically together were honorable and true to the work and effort put forth to find Pluto (Planet X). The motto of Kansas is an app...

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