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Or, ASTRO FINAL Exam Review 2010

General List of Stuff:• Preview (Pre Ch1)

– Basic Definitions• AU• Galaxy• Planet• Sun• Scientific Method

• History of Astronomy (Ch 1)– Celestial Sphere– Seasons– Eclipses

• Early ideas– Shape and size of the earth– Distances to sun and moon

• Early Ideas– Ptolemy– Copernicus– Tycho & Kepler

• Kepler’s 3 Laws– Ellipses– = ’s– Konstant

– Galileo– Newton

• Gravity & Motion (Ch 2)– Newton’s 3 Laws

• Inertia• F=MA• Action/Reaction

– Orbital Motion & Gravity– Escape Velocity

• Planets (Ch 5 – 9)• Earth

– Composition– Interior– Age (4.5 BILLION yrs)– Plate Tectonics– Atmosphere– Magnetic Field & Auroras

• Moon– Surface

• Cratered, no atmosphere– Orbit

• Period = Period– Origin

• BOOM!

• Solar System (Ch 7)– Sun– Inner Planets– Outer Planets– Asteroids and comets– Origin

• Terrestrial (Inner) Planets (Ch 8)– Mercury

• Dead, Hot (800oF), Cold (-240o)• Rot Period = 59 days, Orb Period = 88

days

• Terrestrial (Inner) Planets (Ch 8)– Venus

– Hot (900oF); greenhouse gases– CO2, S2O4, H406C2

– Our “sister” planet

• Outer (Gas) Planets• Jupiter

• Big (10x diameter, 300x mass of earth)• Atmosphere

• Mostly H & He• Rings

1. Io 2. Europa 3. Ganymede 4. Callisto 5. Amalthea 6. Himalia 7. Elara 8. Pasiphae 9. Sinope 10. Lysithea 11. Carme 12. Ananke 13. Leda 14. Thebe 15. Adrastea 16. Metis 17. Callirrhoe 18. Themisto 19. Megaclite 20. Taygete 21. Chaldene 22. Harpalyke 23. Kalyke 24. Iocaste 25. Erinome 26. Isonoe 27. Praxidike 28. Autonoe 29. Thyone 30. Hermippe 31. Aitne 32. Eurydome 33. Euanthe 34. Euporie 35. Orthosie 36. Sponde 37. Kale 38. Pasithee 39. Hegemone 40. Mneme 41. Aoede 42. Thelxinoe 43. Arche 44. Kallichore 45. Helike 46. Carpo 47. Eukelade 48. Cyllene 49. Kore 50. S/2003 J2 51. S/2003 J3 52. S/2003 J4 53. S/2003 J5 54. S/2003 J9 55. S/2003 J10 56. S/2003 J12 57. S/2003 J15 58. S/2003 J16 59. S/2003 J17 60. S/2003 J18 61. S/2003 J19 62. S/2003 J23

• Outer (Gas) Planets• Saturn

• RINGS!!!

• Outer (Gas) Planets• Saturn

• RINGS!!!• Moons – 60 of them (52 have names)

• Outer (Gas) Planets• Uranus

• H, H2O, Methane• Weird tilt

• Outer (Gas) Planets• Neptune

• Blue• Rings & Moons (boring by now, eh?)

• Sun• Big, bright, ball of fire. Ooooooo….• Nuclear Fusion

• Stellar Evolution (Ch 13)• Gravity. Period

Galaxies

• Origin• Milky Way• Galaxy Clusters

And COSMO - Dark Stuff

• Dark Matter• Dark Energy• Fate of Universe