AST 104 Stars and Galaxies
Important Terms for Chapter 4:
- Aristarchus
- Heliocentric universe
- Ptolemy
- Galileo
- Kepler
- Retrograde
- Tycho Brahe
- Aristotle
- Geocentric universe
- Parallax
- Copernicus
- Ellipse
- Semimajor axis
- Uniform circular motion
- Mass
- Weight
- Force
- Velocity
- Speed
- Acceleration
- Escape velocity
- Circular velocity
- Geostationary orbit
- Parabola
- Hyperbola
- Space-time
- Precession of Mercury's orbit
- Gravitational lens
Prof. Donna Weistrop
University of Nevada, Las Vegas