AST 111 Chapter Two || with 100% Accurate Solutions.
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AST 111 Chapter Two
Geocentric correct answers The belief that Earth is at the center of the solar system
Zenith correct answers point in the sky directly overhead; highest point
Horizon correct answers The boundary where the sky seems to meet the ground or sea
celestial sphere correct answers The apparent su...
AST 111 Chapter Two || with 100% Accurate Solutions.
Geocentric correct answers The belief that Earth is at the center of the solar system
Zenith correct answers point in the sky directly overhead; highest point
Horizon correct answers The boundary where the sky seems to meet the ground or sea
celestial sphere correct answers The apparent surface of the heavens, on which the stars seem to
be fixed
90 degrees correct answers How many degrees is the celestial equator?
North Celestial Pole correct answers the point directly over Earth's North Pole
South Celestial Pole correct answers the point directly over Earth's South Pole
Half of the sky *north* is ever visable to an observer at the *North pole* , and an observer at the
*South Pole* would only see the *Southern* half of the sky correct answers How much of the
sky is visible to any pole?
Circumpolar zone correct answers A place where stars always reside above the horizon; thus,
never rise or set
180 degrees from horizon to apposite horizon correct answers How many degrees is a half-
sphere?
About 1/10 of the dome of the sky correct answers If two stars are 18 degrees apart, their
separation spans...
Ecliptic correct answers The path that the sun appears to take around the celestial sphere each
year
True correct answers True or false: The ecliptic does not lie along the celestial equator but
inclined at an angle of about 23.5 degrees because of our planet's axis of rotation
1 month (at about 12 degrees or 24 times its own apparent width on the sky) correct answers
How long does it take for the Moon to go around the Earth?
Speed = distance/time correct answers What is the formula for speed?
Zodiac correct answers A belt around the heavens extending 9 degrees on either side of the
ecliptic
Constellation correct answers One of 88 sectors into which we divide the sky
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