In the Light of the Moon

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21Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-03 09:00:34
22Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-10-05 09:52:23
23Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Light-year / Speed of light / Moon / Andromeda Galaxy / Milky Way / Solar System / Sun / Astronomy / Space / Light

Activity: Space Travel background: In the “From Earth to the Universe” exhibit, distances from Earth to astronomical objects are given in light-seconds, light-minutes or light-years. A light-second is the distance li

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-07-22 13:05:55
24Exploration of the Moon / Apollo program / Unmanned spacecraft / Lunar science / Chandrayaan-1 / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Lunar Orbiter program / Luna programme / LCROSS / Spaceflight / Moon / Space technology

EXPLORATION TIMELINE Humans have been asking questions about our Moon since we first looked up at it in the sky. What is our Moon made of? What are the light and dark markings?

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Source URL: www.lpi.usra.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-11-04 14:53:08
25Astronomy / Star / Stellar astronomy / Moon / Sun / Science / Mass / Universe / Space / Physics / Light sources

5-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe 5-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe Students who demonstrate understanding can: 5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to o

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Source URL: www.nextgenscience.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-16 13:36:59
26Astronomy / Star / Stellar astronomy / Moon / Sun / Science / Mass / Universe / Space / Physics / Light sources

5-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe 5-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe Students who demonstrate understanding can: 5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and stars is due to their re

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Source URL: nstahosted.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-09 13:17:00
27Star / Stellar astronomy / Science / Moon / Universe / Sun / Space / Light sources / Astronomy

1-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe 1-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe Students who demonstrate understanding can: 1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

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Source URL: nstahosted.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-09 13:16:45
28Geomorphology / Mare Serenitatis / Mare Imbrium / Mare Humorum / Impact crater / Mare Tranquillitatis / Lunar mare / Copernicus / Montes Apenninus / Planetary science / Lunar science / Moon

AN EARTH-BASED TOU R OF THE MOON A quick look at the Moon in the night sky (even without binoculars) shows light areas and dark, somewhat circular areas. These different features record our Moon’s history. Can you find

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Source URL: www.lpi.usra.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-11-04 14:53:56
29Plasma physics / Light sources / Space plasmas / Infrared / Sun / Orders of magnitude / Moon / Energy / Atmosphere / Electromagnetic radiation / Physics / Astronomy

ANSWER KEY Student Worksheet 1 Students will have varying answers in their calculations depending on their exposed surface areas. The uncorrected irridation should be around 450 J/s/m2 in order to get the correct solar c

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Source URL: sciencenetlinks.com

Language: English - Date: 2011-10-26 10:06:49
30Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Light-year / Speed of light / Moon / Andromeda Galaxy / Milky Way / Solar System / Sun / Astronomy / Space / Light

Activity: Space Travel background: In the “From Earth to the Universe” exhibit, distances from Earth to astronomical objects are given in light-seconds, light-minutes or light-years. A light-second is the distance li

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Source URL: xrtpub.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-07-22 13:05:55
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