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Chapter 1
Charting the Heavens
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Astronomy vs. Astrology
• Study of Objects and Phenomena from beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
• Uses position of celestial objects as basis for psychology and prediction of future events.
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Units of Chapter 1• Our Place in Space
• Scientific Theory and the Scientific Method
• The “Obvious” View
Angular Measure
Celestial Coordinates
• Earth’s Orbital Motion
• Astronomical Timekeeping
• The Motion of the Moon
• The Measurement of Distance
Measuring Distances with Geometry
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1.1 Our Place in Space
• Earth is average – we don’t occupy any special place in the universe
• Universe: totality of all space, time, matter, and energy
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1.1 Our Place in Space
• Astronomy: study of the universe
• Scales are very large: measure in light-years, the distance light travels in a year – about 10 trillion miles
•Pg. 5 of text
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1.1 Our Place in Space
• This galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across:
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1.2 Scientific Theory and the Scientific Method
Scientific theories:
• must be testable
• must be continually tested
• should be simple
• should be elegant
Scientific theories can be proven wrong, but they can never be proven right with 100% certainty
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1.2 Scientific Theory and the Scientific Method
• Observation leads to theory explaining it
• Theory leads to predictions consistent with previous observations
• Predictions of new phenomena are observed. If the observations agree with the prediction, more predictions can be made. If not, a new theory can be made.
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1.3 The “Obvious” View
Simplest observation: look at the night sky
About 3000 stars visible at any one time; distributed randomly but human brain tends to find patterns
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1.3 The “Obvious” View
Group stars into constellations: figures having meaning to those doing the grouping
Useful: Polaris, which is almost due north
Not so useful: Astrology, which makes predictions about individuals based on the star patterns at their birth
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1.3 The “Obvious” View
Stars that appear close in the sky may not actually be close in space:
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1.3 Constellations
88 known constellations exist in the Night Sky.
Northern: Animals and mythological characters
Southern: Scientific Tools (i.e. – telescope, sextant)
Why??
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1.3 The “Obvious” View
The celestial sphere:
Stars seem to be on the inner surface of a sphere surrounding the Earth
They aren’t, but can use two-dimensional spherical coordinates (similar to latitude and longitude) to locate sky objects
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More Precisely 1.1: Angular Measure
• full circle contains 360° (degrees)
• each degree contains 60′ (arc minutes)
• each arc minute contains 60′′ (arc seconds)
• angular size of an object depends on actual size and distance away
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More Precisely 1.2: Celestial Coordinates
• Declination: degrees north or south of celestial equator
• Right ascension: measured in hours, minutes, and seconds eastward from position of Sun at vernal equinox
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1.4 Earth’s Orbital Motion
• Daily cycle, noon to noon, is diurnal motion – solar day
• Stars aren’t in quite the same place 24 hours later, though, due to Earth’s rotation around Sun; when they are, one sidereal day has passed
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1.4 Earth’s Orbital Motion
Seasonal changes to night sky are due to Earth’s motion around Sun
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1.4 Earth’s Orbital Motion12 constellations that Sun moves through during the year are called the zodiac; path is ecliptic
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Constellation DatesNumberof Days
Sagittarius Dec 18 - Jan 18 32
Capricornus Jan 19 - Feb 15 28
Aquarius Feb 16 - Mar 11 24
Pisces Mar 12 - Apr 18 38
Aries Apr 19 - May 13 25
Taurus May 14 - Jun 19 37
Gemini Jun 20 - Jul 20 31
Cancer Jul 21 - Aug 9 20
Leo Aug 10 - Sep 15 37
Virgo Sep 16 - Oct 30 45
Libra Oct 31 - Nov 22 23
Scorpius Nov 23 - Nov 29 7
Ophiuchus Nov 30 - Dec 17 18
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1.4 Earth’s Orbital Motion• Ecliptic is plane of Earth’s path around Sun; at 23.5° to celestial equator
• Northernmost point (above celestial equator) is summer solstice; southernmost is winter solstice; points where path crosses celestial equator are vernal and autumnal equinoxes
• Combination of day length and sunlight angle gives seasons
• Time from one vernal equinox to next is tropical year
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1.4 Earth’s Orbital Motion
Precession: rotation of Earth’s axis itself; makes one complete circle in about 26,000 years
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1.4 Earth’s Orbital Motion
Time for Earth to orbit once around Sun, relative to fixed stars, is sidereal year
Tropical year follows seasons; sidereal year follows constellations – in 13,000 years July and August will still be summer, but Orion will be a summer constellation
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1.5 Astronomical Timekeeping
Solar noon: when Sun is at its highest point for the day
Drawbacks: length of solar day varies during year; noon is different at different locations
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1.5 Astronomical Timekeeping
Define mean (average) solar day – this is what clocks measure. Takes care of length variation.
Also define 24 time zones around Earth, with time the same in each one and then jumping an hour to the next. Takes care of noon variation.
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1.5 Astronomical TimekeepingWorld time zones
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1.5 Astronomical Timekeeping
Lunar month (complete lunar cycle) doesn’t have whole number of solar days in it, and tropical year doesn’t have whole number of months
Current calendar has months that are close to lunar cycle, but adjusted so there are 12 of them in a year
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1.5 Astronomical Timekeeping
Year doesn’t quite have a whole number of solar days in it – leap years take care of this.
• Add extra day every 4 years
• omit years that are multiples of 100 but not of 400
• omit years that are multiples of 1000 but not of 4000.
This will work for 20,000 years.
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1.6 Motion of the Moon
Moon takes about 29.5 days to go through whole cycle of phases – synodic month
Phases are due to different amounts of sunlit portion being visible from Earth
Time to make full 360° around Earth, sidereal month, is about 2 days shorter
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1.6 Motion of the Moon
Eclipses occur when Earth, Moon, and Sun form a straight line
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1.6 Motion of the Moon
Lunar eclipse:
• Earth is between Moon and Sun
• partial when only part of Moon is in shadow
• total when it all is
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1.6 Motion of the Moon
Solar eclipse: Moon is between Earth and Sun
• partial when only part of Sun is blocked
• total when it all is
• annular when Moon is too far from Earth for total
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1.6 Motion of the Moon
Eclipses don’t occur every month because Earth’s and Moon’s orbits are not in the same plane
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1.7 The Measurement of Distance
Triangulation: measure baseline and angles, can calculate distance
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1.7 The Measurement of Distance
Parallax: similar to triangulation, but look at apparent motion of object against distant background from two vantage points
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1.7 The Measurement of DistanceMeasuring Earth’s radius:
Done by Eratosthenes about 2300 years ago; noticed that when Sun was directly overhead in one city, it was at an angle in
another.
Measuring that angle and the distance between the cities gives the radius.
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More Precisely 1-3
Measuring Distances with Geometry
Converting baselines and parallaxes into distances:
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More Precisely 1-3
Measuring Distances with Geometry
Converting angular diameter and distance into size:
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Summary of Chapter 1
• Astronomy: study of the universe
• Scientific method: observation, theory, prediction, observation, …
• Stars can be imagined to be on inside of celestial sphere; useful for describing location
• Plane of Earth’s orbit around Sun is ecliptic; at 23.5° to celestial equator
• Angle of Earth’s axis causes seasons
• Moon shines by reflected light, has phases
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Summary of Chapter 1
• Solar day ≠ sidereal day, due to Earth’s rotation around Sun
• Synodic month ≠ sidereal month, also due to Earth’s rotation around Sun
• Tropical year ≠ sidereal year, due to precession of Earth’s axis
• Eclipses of Sun and Moon occur due to alignment; only occur occasionally as orbits are not in same plane
• Distances can be measured through triangulation and parallax