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ASTRONOMY

ASTRONOMY. FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS. PTOLEMY-85-165AD. Believed in geocentric universe earth was the center used circular orbits with epicycles was supported by the church for 1500 years. Copernicus-1473-1543AD. Believed in heliocentric universe sun was the center

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ASTRONOMY

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  1. ASTRONOMY FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS

  2. PTOLEMY-85-165AD • Believed in geocentric universe • earth was the center • used circular orbits with epicycles • was supported by the church for 1500 years

  3. Copernicus-1473-1543AD • Believed in heliocentric universe • sun was the center • still used the circular orbits

  4. Tycho Brahe 1546-1601AD • Supreme mathematician who studied the orbits of the planets • had a gold nose • made the best observation of Mars

  5. Kepler 1571-1630 • Studied with Brahe • wrote the Laws of Planetary Motion • gave the planets an elliptical orbit

  6. Orbits are oval shaped with the sun off centered

  7. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion A3/ P² = c • 1. Every planets orbit is an ellipse. • 2. An imaginary line drawn from the center of the sun to the center of the planet will sweep out equal areas in equal intervals of time. • 3. The ratio of the squares of the periods of any two planets is equal to the ratio of the cubes of their average distances from the sun. (The Law of Harmonies)

  8. Galileo 1564-1642 • Perfected and used atelescope • 1. Discovered Saturn’s rings

  9. 2. 4 moons of Jupiter 3. Craters on the moon 4. Sunspots on the sun

  10. How Galileo saw the 4 moons of Jupiter

  11. Newton1642-1727 Wrote the Laws of Motion • #1 INERTIA • a body at rest /motion • will remain at rest/motion • unless acted upon by an outside force

  12. NO SEAT BELT…….

  13. #2 the amount of force an object has is equal to the mass x the acceleration

  14. # 3 For every action • there is an equal and opposite reaction

  15. Einstein-1879-1955 • Wrote the Theory of Relativity • gravity holds the universe together • Constant motion

  16. Space and light are related • E=mc2 energy= mass x the speed of light squared

  17. Caption: Einstein's theory of general relativity may be interpreted in terms of a curvature of space in the presence of a gravitational field.

  18. Speed of light= • 186,000 mi/ sec • or 300,000 Km /sec

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