Patterns In The Skymotions Of Earth

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Patterns in the Skymotions of Earth
Laws of Motion
Light and Telescopes
The Formation of Stars and Planets
Terrestrial Worlds in the Inner Solar System
Atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars
The Giant Planets
Small Bodies of the Solar System
Measuring the Stars
Our Star: The Sun
Evolution of Low-Mass Stars
Evolution of High-Mass Stars
The Expansion of Space
The Realm of the Galaxies
Our Galaxy: The Milky Way
Modern Cosmology and the Origin of Structure
Life in the Universe

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Question 1

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The equator is the only place on Earth where you can see the entire celestial sphere (day or night)over the course of 24 hours.

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Earth revolves around the Sun in the same direction Earth spins about its axis.

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If a star rises on the eastern horizon,it will set on the western horizon 6 hours later.

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The meridian is half of a great circle in the sky that passes through an observer's zenith and the Earth's poles.

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Constellations are arbitrary groupings of stars in the sky.

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The longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on the summer solstice.

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On the autumnal equinox,the lengths of both day and night are 12 hours.

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The altitude of the Sun as it crosses the meridian changes during the year.

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A person who lives at the equator will see the Sun directly overhead at noon every day of the year.

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The seasons on Earth are caused by the change in distance between the Sun and Earth.

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The fact that we always see the same side of the Moon indicates that the Moon does not rotate about an axis.

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A new Moon will always be in the eastern sky at sunrise.

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When a solar eclipse occurs,the Sun lies between the Earth and Moon.

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When a lunar eclipse occurs,on average more people will witness it as a partial eclipse than as a total eclipse.

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Johannes Kepler obtained accurate data on the positions of the planets in the sky over time,which Galileo used to prove that planets revolved around the Sun.

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Planets orbit the Sun on circular orbits.

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A planet travels fastest when it is closest to the Sun.

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As we move farther from the Sun,the circumferences of planetary orbits are larger and the speeds at which planets travel increase.

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Planets with circular orbits travel at the same speed at all points in their orbits,whereas planets with elliptical orbits change their speeds at different points in their orbits.

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Even though they move at faster average speeds,the outer planets in the Solar System have longer periods than the inner planets because they are so far from the Sun that their orbits are enormous.

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