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ASTR109 The Cosmos: Birth & Evolution - Canterbury Uni 2022S1

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Decks in this class (17)

🚌 W1 L1 & L2 - introduction and brief tour of the Cosmos
Name one other galaxy in the loca...,
Roughly how many galaxies in the ...,
What travels faster than the spee...
15  cards
📍W2 L1 - Looking at the sky - Mapping the heavens
Using coordinates in the sky
22  cards
📍W2 L2 - Looking at the sky - Cycles and phases
What season did the dinosaur dest...,
What are the 3 periodic motion ch...,
What is the earth s spinning top ...
27  cards
🌊W3 L1 & L2 - Noticing patterns in the sky - navigating the Pacific
Learn about different objects visible in the sky and how Polynesians navigated the Pacific
21  cards
🪐W4 L1 - Explaining patterns - Paths of planets - orbits and Kepler's Laws
Learn how humans developed their understanding of the Solar System and planetary motion.
20  cards
🪐W4 L2 - Explaining patterns - Mass, gravity, and tides
Learn about mass, spacetime, gravity, orbits, and tides.
30  cards
🔭W5 L1 - The nature of light - detection with telescopes
Learn how telescopes detect electromagnetic radiation
31  cards
🔭W5 L2 - The nature of light - light & atoms as messengers
What does a keogram measure,
Define photometry,
Is the star brightness magnitude ...
24  cards
⭐️W6 L1 - Powering stars - The power of stars
What process powers the stars?
33  cards
⭐️W6 L2 - Powering stars - Planet formation and migration
How and where planets form in both our own solar system and around other stars.
26  cards
🇮🇳W7 L1 - Brief history of astronomy and mathematics in India
How Indian astronomers and mathematicians stored astronomical knowledge
6  cards
🌎W7 L2 - Properties of planets
How we explore the solar system, and what we've learned about other planets.
29  cards
W8 L1 - Habitability
What does life need,
What is the habitable zone,
How long ago did the earth form
21  cards
W8 L2 -
What is the size limit for earth ...,
How can a planet recycle nutrient...,
What might a planet need to prote...
23  cards
W9 L1 - Life cycle of stars
Up to what size are low mass stars,
Protostars evolve into what type ...,
What does the position of a star ...
32  cards
W10 L1 - Galaxy types and features
Summarises the shapes of galaxies and the cyclical processes within them
30  cards
W10 L2 - Galaxies - Black holes and quasars
What are the 3 ways that galaxies...,
What is the area where light is t...,
What mass is the black hole at th...
13  cards

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