History of Astronomy

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History of Astronomy
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Learning GoalsWhat We Should Know

• Examples of how ancient cultures used
  astronomical information
• Description of the ancient astronomy related
  monuments
• Contributions of Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus
  and Kepler
• The geocentric and heliocentric models of the
  solar system
• Important methods and technologies for
  astronomical observations and measurements

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02 History of Astronomy

• Reading Assignments
• Pathways to Astronomy, Schneider Arny
• Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12
• Online Resources Course Website

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Ancient Astronomy
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Stonehenge
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Chichen Itza
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Tulum
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Chaco Canyon
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Aristotelian UnvierseAristotle 384-322 BC
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Ptolemy

• Retrograde Motion
• Epicycles
• Alfonsine Tables

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Copernicus 1473-1543
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Tycho Brahe 1546-1601
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Kepler 1571-1630
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Galileo 1564-1642
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Newton 1642 - 1727
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Spectroscopy
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• Einstein
• Hubble

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Space Craft
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Questions