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[assuage] enumerate To count, list, or itemize
Moses returned from the mountain with tablets on which the commandments were ENUMERATED.
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[assuage] equivocate To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
When faced with criticism of his policies, the politician EQUIVOCATED and left all parties thinking she agreed with them.
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[assuage] erudite Learned, scholarly, bookish
The annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most ERUDITE, well-published individuals in the field.
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[assuage] esoteric Known or understood by only a few
Only a handful of experts are knowledgeable about the ESOTERIC world of particle physics.
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[assuage] estimable Admirable
Most people consider it ESTIMABLE that Mother Teresa spent her life helping the poor of India.
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[assuage] exculpate To clear from blame; prove innocent
The adversarial legal system is intended to convict those who are guilty and EXCULPATE those who are innocent.
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[assuage] exigent Urgent; requiring immediate action
The patient was losing blood so rapidly that it was EXIGENT to stop the source of the bleeding.
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[assuage] exonerate To clear of blame
The fugitive was EXONERATED when another criminal confessed to committing the crime.
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[assuage] fawn To grovel
The understudy FAWNED over the director in hopes of being cast in the part on a permanent basis.
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[assuage] fervid Intensely emotional; feverish
The fans of Maria Callas were unusually FERVID, doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.
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[assuage] florid Excessively decorated or embellished
To palace had been decorated in an excessively FLORIS style; every surface had been carved and gilded.
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[assuage] foment To arouse or incite
The protesters tried to FOMENT feeling against the war through their speeches and demonstrations.
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[assuage] iconoclast One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
His lack of regard for traditional beliefs soon established him as an ICONOCLAST.
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[assuage] impetuous Quick to act without thinking
It is not good for an investment broker to be IMPETUOUS, since much thought should be given to all the possible options.
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[assuage] implacable Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
His rage at the betrayal was so great the he remained IMPLACABLE for weeks.
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[assuage] inchoate Not fully formed; disorganized
The ideas expressed in Nietzsche's mature work also appear in an INCHOATE form in his earliest writing.
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[assuage] ingenuous showing innocence or childlike simplicity
She was so INGENUOUS that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city.
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[assuage] insipid Lacking interest or flavor
The critic claimed that the painting was INSIPID, containing no interesting qualities at all.
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[assuage] intransigent Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
The professor was INTRANSIGENT on the deadline, insisting that everyone turn the assignment in at the same time.
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[assuage] irascible Easily made angry
Attila the Hun's IRASCIBLE and violent nature made all who dealt with him fear for their lives.
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[assuage] malinger To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
A common way to avoid the draft was by MALINGERING -- pretending to be mentally or physically ill so as to avoid being being taken by the Army.
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[assuage] mitigate To soften; to lessen
A judge may MITIGATE a sentence if she decides that a person committed a crime out of need.
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[assuage] mollify To calm or make less severe
Their argument was so intense that it was difficult to believe any compromise would MOLLIFY them.
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[assuage] obdurate Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
The president was completely OBDURATE on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind.
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[assuage] obstinate Stubborn, unyielding
The OBSTINATE child could not be made to eat any food that he disliked.
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[assuage] obviate To prevent; to make unnecessary
The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which OBVIATED the need for a bridge.
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[assuage] occlude To stop up; to prevent the passage of
A shadow is thrown across the earth's surface during a solar eclipse, when the light from the sun is OCCLUDED by the moon.
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[assuage] onerous Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved ONEROUS to the team in charge of it.
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[assuage] opprobrium Public disgrace
After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter OPPROBRIUM.
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[assuage] paragon Model of excellence or perfection
She is the PARAGON of what a judge should be: honest, intelligent, hardworking, and just.
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[assuage] pedant Someone who shows off learning
The graduate instructor's tedious and excessive commentary on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a PEDANT.
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[assuage] perfidious Willing to betray one's trust
The actress' PERFIDIOUS companion revealed all of her intimate secrets to the gossip columnist.
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[assuage] perfunctory Done in a routine way; indifferent
The machinelike bank teller processed the transaction and gave the waiting customer a PERFUNCTORY smile.
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[assuage] precipitate To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
Upon learning that the couple married after knowing each other only two months, friends and family members expected such a PRECIPITATE marriage to end in divorce.
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[assuage] prodigal Lavish, wasteful
The PRODIGAL son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure.
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[assuage] propitiate To conciliate; to appease
The management PROPITIATED the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members.
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[assuage] propriety Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
The aristocracy maintained a high level of PROPRIETY, adhering to even the most minor social rules.
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[assuage] quiescent Motionless
Many animals are QUIESCENT over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy.
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[assuage] rarefy To make thinner or sparser
Since the atmosphere RAREFIES as altitudes increase, the air at the top of very tall mountains is too thin to breathe.
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[assuage] repudiate To reject the validity of
The old woman's claim that she was the Russian royalty was REPUDIATED when DNA tests showed she was of no relation to them.
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[assuage] soporific Causing sleep or lethargy
The movie proved to be so SOPORIFIC that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater.
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[assuage] stolid Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
The prisoner appeared STOLID and unaffected by the judge's harsh sentence.
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[assuage] torpor Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
After surgery, the patient experienced TORPOR until the anesthesia wore off.
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[assuage] veracity Filled with truth and accuracy
She had a reputation for VERACITY, so everyone trusted her description of events.
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[assuage] verbose Wordy
The professor's answer was so VERBOSE that the student forgot what the original question had been.
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which object is at the center of the celestial sphere
earth
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a parsec is a unit of
distance
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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the South Celestial Pole
the projection of the earths south pole on the the celestial sphere
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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the celestial equator is the
projection of the earths equator onto the celestial sphere
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the obliquity of the ecliptic is the same as the tilt of the ____ axis of rotation
earths
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the obliquity of the ecliptic is the
angle between the celestial equator and the ecliptic
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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degree of th obliquity of the ecliptic
23.5 degrees
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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for an observer at the earth's north pole, all stars above the horizon
are circumpolar
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the observer's meridian is a semi-circle through the
NCP, SCP zenith and np of hte horizon
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
the observers meridian is a semi-circle through the
ncp scp zenith and south point on thehorizon
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
declination of a star is the equivalent to
latitude on the celestial sphere
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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the precession of the earth takes
26000 years
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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nutation vs precession
precession has a bigger effect
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
sideral orbit of hte moon is
its orbital period with respect to the stars
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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the apparent shifting of the position of mars bc of earths orbital motion is called
retrograde motion
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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hipparcus wanted to prove the heliocentric theory when he tried to measure
stellar parallax
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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aristarchus used geometrical arguments to state that
the sun was at center of universe
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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aristotle studied the curved shadow of the earth during a lunar eclpse and found that
earth must be a sphere
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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copernicus beleived in wat theory
copernicus
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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copernicus measured the
orbital speeds of the planets
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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copernicus measured what for the 1st time
stellar parallax
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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based on keplers 3rd law
planet with the shortest orbital period has the smallest semi-major axis
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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mass of earth 1st calculated by
cavendish
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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every action has an equal and opposite reaction
3rd law newton
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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galileos evidence in favor of the heliocentric theory was
the completely perfect surfaces of the moon and the sun
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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kepler studied tycho brahes observations of mars and found that
the planets move in ecliptic orbits wit the sun at one focus
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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the surface gravity or the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is
less than on earth so you would feel lighter on the moon
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
if earth shrank to a quarter of its current size gravitational force between sun and earth would
decrease by a factor of four so 4 squared = 16
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
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if earth shrank to a quarter of its currrent size your weight would
increase by a factor of four so 16
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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lunar eclipse- moon sun earth
Moon Earth Sun
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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lowest to highest - types of electromagnetic radiation in order of increasing energy
radio infrared visible ultravioelt xray gamaray
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
stars x and y have the same temperature but x has a sa that is 5 x that of y - how much more luminous is is star x than star y ( same question with radius )
5 times 25
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
a person is reading book while standing 3 ft away from a table that has a lb on it. if table moved to a distance of 6 ft. how many lbs wouldhave t o be placed on the table to light up book same amt.
4 bulbs
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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each element has a unique set of spectral lines bc
there is a unique set of electron orbits
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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Kirchoffs laws describe
how absorption emission and continuos spectrum are formed
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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dispersion grating to look at lightbulb
continuos spectrum
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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dispersion grating to look at hot low density gas
bright emission lines only
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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dispersion grating to look at a star
a continuos spectrum
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
a stars spectral lines would be blueshifted when
star is moving towards us
[]
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
why are radio telescopes much larger than optical telescopes?
larger telescopes have better resolving power
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
a 10 m and a 1 m telescope differences?
wom b has larger surface area and apaerture and 00 times more light gathering power
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
herbig haro object and t tauri star
young stars
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
37/1438042982013.25_20150728002302-00278-ip-10-236-191-2_381610725_0.json
87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
large size rapid rotation contain mostyle hydrogen and helium
jovianl planets
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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small size slow rotation rocky composition
terrestrial planets
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
fewer moons jovian or terrestrial
jovian
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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shortest to longest orbital period
mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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highest albedo planet
venus
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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in the greenhouse effect the ground radiates
infrared radiation
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
atmospheric extinction
has the largest effect when observing stars close to horizon and causes light passing throiugh an atmosphere to appear dimmer
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astro-final-exam-807170
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p waves travel through
solis dand liqueids
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
you have 2 ball of eqwual size and smoothness one is heavy and ht eother one ismuch lighter -which hits 1st
hit at same time
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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if you ____________ you will weight twice as you do now
double earths mass
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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87a479b1_NAL_EXAM_Flashcards___Cram_com__otion_of_the_earth_and_the_sun
satellites in geosynchronous orbits take ________ hrs to orbit earth
24
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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escape velocity of a planet is the
velocity required to escape the the gravitational attraction of hte planet
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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Globular clusters are found
in the halo
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real orbital motion of the earth and the sun
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