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Orbital Energy and Escape Velocity Astronomy Essay
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The same way a planet which revolves around the sun in fixed orbits also has energies which are the sum of the Kinetic and potential energies. The kinetic energy of a planet is the energy processed by it due to its orbital motion which can be calculated using the formula KE = 1/2 mv2 where’ is the mass of the planet and ‘v’ is the velocity.
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The Moon Luminous Ball Astronomy Essay
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The author states that the travelers want to take the moon because they want it to place in their land that does not have a moon, as well as to bring it to their magistrate and eventually give light to the entire land. The travelers planned to get the moon during the daytime and will tie a rope in the oak tree.
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Copernican Theory vs Ptolemy System Astronomy Essay
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Copernicus’ contributions to astronomy can be properly characterized as revolutionary on the basis of the principles of Thomas Kuhn’s structure of a scientific revolution.  Kuhn, a respected American philosopher, defined a scientific revolution as something in which a new paradigm or model takes over an older one.
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Why Mercury, Venus, and the Moon Do not Have Significant Erosion Astronomy Assignment
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Certain factors like wind, changes in the climate, as well as surface liquid must be present to cause glacial movements. However, the atmosphere must also be matched with the right weather conditions that may cause a stirring on the surface thereby resulting in erosion. The heat emitted within the planet also contributes to erosion.   
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Erosion in Mercury, Venus, and the Moon Astronomy Assignment
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Venus, moon, and mercury don’t have or comparatively negligible erosion because of the absence of atmosphere and also their closeness towards the sun. Wind may not be as prominent as that of the earth in these planets and hence the erosion process also may not be there. The extreme heat makes the erosion process almost impossible in these planets.  
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Plato and His Perception of The Universe Astronomy Article
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Plato presents his perception of the universe in the Timaeus. According to him, the universe is the handiwork of a divine Craftsman. Mathematical order has to be imposed on this universe, which is besieged with pre-existing chaos and this generates an ordered universe.According to Plato, the universe is unchanging and the true knowledge remains same in every place at every time, education too should be unchanging like the true knowledge.
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Life Cycle of Stars Astronomy Essay
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According to the author of the text, stars appear as twinkling to us because they are at a far off place from our earth and the atmospheric conditions, diffractions etc. lead to the phenomenon of twinkling. Actually, light is an electromagnetic wave that can be ‘seen’ by us. Reportedly, there was much discussion over whether light is composed of particles or waves.
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Non-eroding Orbits of the Inner Planets and Earths Moon Astronomy Essay
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Everything is attracted to everything else in the cosmos. When an object is orbiting around another object it falls around the object. That’s right. It’s perpetually falling, but never actually hitting it. Over some time, gravity takes its toll and little by little distance between the orbiter and orbited decreases until they finally meet.
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Exploration Of Neptunes Moon Triton Astronomy Essay
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Some of the instruments that will be used in Neptune’s moon Triton exploration may be basically the same as the instruments used in the previous explorations of the planet. On the other hand, there needs to innovate more of these instruments in order to adapt to the extremely low atmospheric temperature of the moon.
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The motion of the Earth around the Sun and the effect of this in respect of temporal orientation Astronomy Essay
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We owe a lot to Galileo Galilei, Tycho de Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton for the acceptance of heliocentric concept. Galilei made this theory widely known. Tycho Brache’s observations of the planetary movements and Kepler’s works on the same subject contrasted with geocentric theory held by the majority of scientists and the Church of that time.
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Zooniverse, Galaxy Zoo, Planet Hunters, and The Milkyway Project Astronomy Assignment
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Zooniverse is made to involve the public in observing and analyzing the data from different missions. The main project on the site is to analyze the radio signals from external planets already discovered by Kepler Mission since they provide a higher probability of receiving a signal by concentrating radio efforts at a particular area.
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