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AST 111 Exam Study Questions (LatestUpdate) with Verified Answers
What is a Scientist - ✔✔A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or
more of the natural or physical sciences
What is Kepler's first law - ✔✔The orbit of each planet around the sun is an ellipse
with the sun at one focus
Who is Kepler - ✔✔Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
What is Kepler's second law - ✔✔As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out
equal areas in equal times
What is Kepler's third law - ✔✔More distant bodies orbit at lower average speeds
Major findings of Galileo - ✔✔1. Objects in motion stay in motion unless a force
slows them down
2. Observed imperfections like sunspots and lunar topography
3. Determined stars are too far away for stellar parallax to be observed
No relationship means it is a - ✔✔Coincidence
Indirect relationship means - ✔✔both are caused by the same thing
, Direct Relationship - ✔✔One causes the other
Distance from Sun to ( ) in AU - ✔✔Mercury Terrestrial 0.5
Venus 0.75
Earth 1
Mars 1.5
Asteroid Belt 3
Jupiter Giant/Jovian 5
Saturn 10
Uranus 20
Neptune 30
Pluto 40+
Kuiper Belt 40+
Order these from Smallest to Largest - ✔✔Mars, Earth, Uranus, Jupiter, Orbital
distance of Pluto, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe
What is our Cosmic Address - ✔✔Earth - Solar System - MWG - Local Group - Virgo
SuperCluster - Universe
What is a Crescent Moon - ✔✔Refers to the phases where the moon is less than half
illuminated
What is a Gibbous Moon - ✔✔Refers to the phases where the moon is more than half
illuminated
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