Welcome to Astronomy - Section 2

Subject Contents

Mass. Surface Gravity. Radiant Energy. Electromagnetic Radiation. Photons. Brightness. Nanometer. Hertz. Wavelengths. William Herchel. Ritter. Radiotelescopes. Gammma Rays. Electrons. Lord Kelvin. Sunspots. Elements. Quantized. Orbital. Conversation of Energy. Spectroscopy. Continuous Spectrum. Emission-Line Spectrum. Absorption-Line Spectrum. Cyanogen. Atmospheric Window. Doppler Effect. Redshift. Rest Frame. Time Dilation. Black Hole. Refraction. Resolving Power. CCD. False Color Pictures. VLT. Scintillation. Light Pollution. Gravity. Silicates. Density. Earth's Interior. Daughter Atoms. Convection. Plate Tectonics. Pangaea


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Astronomy A11

Determining an orbitals properties depends on the masses.


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Astronomy A12

The wavelength of the color violet is
4 x 10 ^7 meters.


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Astronomy A13

Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X - Rays.


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Astronomy A14

Wilhelm Wien was a German physicist who created Wien's law.


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Astronomy A15

The emission-line spectrum has emission of light partially passing through certain wavelengths.


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Astronomy A16

A rest frame is a frame of reference to determine motion / speed.


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Astronomy A17

Primary, secondary, and diagonal mirrors aid telescopes to gather light.


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Astronomy A18

VLT stands for Very Large Telescope.


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Astronomy A19

The Earth is not a perfect sphere.


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Astronomy A20

Earth's outer core is mainly composed of nickel, sulfur and iron.