5/8/2023 0 Comments The shores of the cosmic ocean![]() ![]() Universe started with, H, He, Li and gained more through reactions Axis Tilt - Angle of Earth's poles to ecliptic plane about 23.5°, pt. dies when fuel is all gone Supernova - Explosions of huge dying stars In smaller scale, gravity has won and therefore galaxies/clusters/objects within do not expand Nuclear Fusion - Process of atomic nuclei fussing to make heavier nuclei Professional astronomers globally Big Bang - Time which all objects in space began expanding Spinning of object around other object b/c gravity Expansion - Increase in average distance between galaxies over time International Astronomical Union - IAU Object orbiting planet Small Solar System Body - Object orbiting star but too small for planetĮx: asteroid, comet Star System - Star(s) + planets + other orbiters Observable Universe - Portion of universe that can be seen from Earth Rotation - Spinning of object around own axis Revolution - Orbit ![]() Chapter one (The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean) is based on the metaphor of. Clear orbital path Dwarf Planet - Planet meeting 2/3 requirements Moon - Satellite Summer reading questions for STEM Humanities students reading Cosmos by Carl. ![]() These are the galaxies drifting endlessly in the great cosmic dark. Strewn like sea froth on the waves of space are innumerable faint tendrils of light, some of them containing hundreds of billions of suns. Planet - Object orbiting star and shining by reflecting starlightģ. We are far from the shores of Earth in the uncharted reaches of the cosmic ocean. ![]()
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