Hey Baby. . . Whats your sign

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Hey Baby. . .
Whats your sign?

• Learn about stars!
• Team MM

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Zodiac, Whats that?

• Imaginary belt of space surrounding Earth
• Divided into 12 equal parts
• Each part contains 30 degrees of space
• Each part contains one Sun sign of the zodiac

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Tell me more!!

• Annual orbit of Earth around the sun causes the
  sun to appear as if its passing through one of
  the 12 zodiac signs each month

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HISTORY

• The signs of the Zodiac are thought to have
  originated in Mesopotamia as early as 2000 BC.
  
• The Greeks adopted symbols from the Babylonians.
• The Egyptians and The Chinese also had their own
  things.
  
• So did the Aztecs

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Back to you. . . Whats your
sign?

• Astrology (not astronomy) believes the general
  soul nature and character of all living things
  are determined by where the planets and sun were
  on your birthdate.

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Your sign

• Your sign is supposed to be the cluster of
  stars the sun was in when you were born
  

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• Ancient astronomers noted these
  dates--that have since changed
  
• So, the sun was not necessarily in your sign
  when you were born.

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THE GAME JEOPARDY

• The Category
• ASTRONOMY

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FUN FACTS

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• First to explain heliocentric Universe
• Mercury/Venus lie between Sun/Earth
• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn lie outside Earths orbit

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• Tycho Brahe
• Excellent astronomical records
• Used phenomenon of parallax to prove stars were
  far, far away

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• Galileo Galilei
• First to observe sky with a telescope
• made discoveries that contradicted Roman Catholic
  church

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Last one, I promise!!stars!

• Summer Triangle-the three bright stars overhead
  during summertime. Altair, Vega and Deneb.
  Altair will be closest to the horizon, and Altair
  is the one closest to zenith.
• Cassiopeia--a group of stars seen bright in the
  sky, form the shape of a W.