Celestial object - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Praxis Multiple Subjects 5001 - Full Study Guide 100% Correct Marco Polo Merchant and Traveler Latitude 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 -lines side to side Longitude 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. -li...

1 Parsec in Astronomical Units - ️️206 265 AU 2.06x10^5 AU 1 Parsec in km - ️️3.09x10^13km 1 Parsec in Lightyears - ️️3.26ly absorbtion line spectrum - ️️Light from a hot body goes through cooler transparent gas (prism); Viewed as a full spectrum with black lines where certain wavelengths of light were absorbed by the cloud Angular diameter - ️️angle between both ends of an object in relation to observation from another object (sun & moon have similar angular diameters ...

AP Environmental Science Exam Review (2023/2024) Graded A+ abiotic Pertaining to factors or things that are nonliving. acid Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also, a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions. A horizon a soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock, with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil. alkaline a basic substance; chemically, a substance that absorbs h...

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satellite - ️️natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth orbit - ️️the path a satellite takes around a celestial body apogee - ️️the highest point of an orbit perigee - ️️the lowest point of an orbit Sputnik - ️️the first artificial satellite COMSTAT - ️️communications satellites INTELSAT - ️️International Telecommunications Satellite Organization NAVSTAR - ️️navigation satellites LANDSAT - ️️satellites that locate natu...

Science Bowl Astronomy Study Guide Rated A+ Albedo Amount of sunlight that is reflected by the surface of a planet or a satellite, such as the Moon. Aphelion The point in an orbit in which an object is at its farthest possible distance from the Sun. Apogee The point in an orbit in which an object is at its farthest possible distance from the Earth. Astronomical Unit (AU) Mean distance from the Earth to the Sun. Aurora Glow in the Earth's ionosphere caused by the interaction...

satellite - ️️natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth orbit - ️️the path a satellite takes around a celestial body apogee - ️️the highest point of an orbit perigee - ️️the lowest point of an orbit Sputnik - ️️the first artificial satellite COMSTAT - ️️communications satellites INTELSAT - ️️International Telecommunications Satellite Organization NAVSTAR - ️️navigation satellites LANDSAT - ️️satellites that locate natu...

Scientific notation is used in science because - it makes it easy to write big or small numbers. The average distance from Earth to the sun is - 1 AU The sun is - a star 1 AU from Earth. more than 100 times the diameter of Earth. A galaxy contains - gas, dust, and stars, and a lot of dark matter. The Milky Way Galaxy - contains about 100 billion stars. 2.9×107 is the same as - . 29 million It takes light 1.3 seconds to travel from the moon to Earth and 8 minutes to travel from the s...