Monday, April 13, 2009

Sunspots

Sunspots are dark spots on the sun.Sunspots are created by magnetics fields on the sun, which move. Maunder diagrams show where sunspots are on the sun.The Sunspot cycle is cycle that take roughly eleven years, goin from the maximum number of sunspots to the minimum number of sunspots.Sunspots can change the severity of storms in the northern hemisphere.The next solar maximum will be between 2010 and 2012.Sunspots can be observed through telescopes.The best way to view sunspots is to use a telescope with a solar filter.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Ceres, the Dwarf PLanet

-Discovered in 1801
-Smallest dwarf planet
-Largest asteroid in asteroid belt
-950 kilometer diameter
-Ceres is the goddess of harvest

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Good Night Moon

In the book The Scar, there is a new moon. It is correct.
In the book A Crown of Swords, there is a gibbous moon, it is correct.
In the book Nigtmare and Dreamscapes, there is a maning crescent, it is correct
IN the book Just a School project, there is a ful moon. its correct.
In the book Where the wild things go there is a waxing gibbous moon.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Copernicus


to Copernicus lived from 1473 to 1543. He was a heliocentric. Cornipicus was the first to propose the theory that the earth revolves around the sun.

http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Ssolsys.htm

Monday, March 23, 2009

Pope Gregory


Pope Gregory lived from 1502 to 1585. He was a Geocentric. He changed the European calandar to the calender we use today.

Brahe


Tycho Brahe lived from 1546 to 1601.He was a heliocentric. Brahe Detected and fixed several large mistakes in the astronomical tables. He also found a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Isaac Newton


Newton lived from 1642 to 1727. He was a heliocentric. Newton invented calculus to show why the planets stayed in orbit around the sun. He named the physical force Kepler found Gravity.