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Describe the phenomenon that occurs at the Temple of Kukulcan on one of the two equinox days each year at sunset. - ️️Kukulcan- each side is 91 steps and there are 4 sides; 4X91+1= 365; keep time of vernal equinox (beginning of solar year) and the shadow of the temple creates a snake life shadow down the side of the temple. IT's not that point that significant, it's the multitude. It is also oriented to the four cardinal directions and on the first day of spring andfall the sun sets ex...

What was the main divine role of the Sun in the cultures described in the reading? What was the main divine role of the Moon in these cultures? - ️️In Egypt, the sun was a source of order. In Babylon, justice resided in the sun and provided order through law. The moon is a timekeeper. What are two reasons that the most likely alignment of the Caracol, if one exists at all, is to the extreme northern and southern setting locations of Venus? - ️️The Dresden Codex contains a lot of detaile...

Even though observations of the sky were likely no more important than the surrounding landscape for ancient cultures, we feel that we can potentially learn more by studying how people observed the sky and how it influenced them. Explain why. (HW) - ️️We can learn more from studying how people studied the sky because we can mathematically recreate visual representations of the sky from the days of our ancestors; the natural landscape changes and we have only indirect knowledge of its feature...

What are two reasons that the most likely alignment of the Caracol, if one exists at all, is to the extreme northern and southern setting locations of Venus? - ️️The Dresden Codex contains a lot of detailed information about Venus The northernmost and southernmost settings of Venus are visible from the windows. Venus is a major player in Mayan mythology, they had a reason to track it. What is the apparent purpose of the "cockeyed" asymmetric corners of the platform on which El Carac...

Describe the possible solar alignment (aside from just the cardinal directions) that some researchers believe may be present intentionally at Casa Rinconada, and explain two reasons to doubt this alignment was intentional on the part of the architects. - ️️after summer solstice sunrise, a beam of light entered the window that lit up the niche that was larger than the rest and offset -the window has been reconstructed and its original position is uncertain -even if it is in the original pos...

Toward - ️️During the summer the North Pole is tilted ___ the sun so it appears higher in the sky and the days are longer. Tropics - ️️This region belived that twice a year the Sun passes directly overhead West - ️️The sun sets in the ___ Winter - ️️Orion dominates in this sky. Southern constellations are more modern Winter - ️️The sun rises above a rock during the ___ solstice at Newgrange Winter Solstice - ️️Sunrise at woodhenge, sun set at stonehenge Zodiac - ️...

2. Surviving writings (Dresden codex) 2.50 From the video on the ancient Maya: Briefly describe a couple of reasons why the Maya studied Venus so closely (i.e. what did they believe Venus affected here on Earth?). - ️️weather and war 2.51 From lecture, why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth? - ️️They spin together 2.52 From lecture, how often does the Moon rotate on its axis? - ️️27.3 days 2.53 From lecture, draw and label the Earth, Sun and Moon, indicate the ...

What is the apparent purpose of the "cockeyed" asymmetric corners of the platform on which El Caracol sits? - ️️one corner points to the sunrise on the first day of summer, another points to the sunset on the first day of winter What is the apparent purpose of the 27.5 degree offset of the orientation of El Caracol? - ️️It faces exactly the point on the horizon where Venus sets on the evening of its northernmost excursion. What is the definition of the word "mercurial" and ...

List three examples of potential errors that make it virtually impossible for ancient skywatchers to pinpoint the exact location of the moonrise or moonset on the distant horizon on a daily basis. - ️️Ancient astronomers could only pinpoint the moon when it hit the horizon, which is not necessarily when it sets or rises. Bad weather and clouds can also mask the moon occasionally. Astronomers would need to measure the position of the moon from the same point on the moons disk every time, whic...

In order to match rocks of similar age in different regions, geologists often use - ️️Fossils / Sequence of beds / Similarity of rock types linear upfolded structures with the oldest strata in the center are termed - ️️Anticlines Metamorphic facies are defined according to: - ️️groups of minerals that occur together over a range of pressures and temperatures Minerals found in metamorphic rocks can indicate: - ️️the temperature the rock is subjected to, the pressure the rock is...