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5 days ago · The Ptolemaic system is a geocentric cosmology; that is, it starts by assuming that Earth is stationary and at the centre of the universe. The “natural” expectation for ancient societies was that the heavenly bodies ( Sun, Moon, planets, and stars) must travel in uniform motion along the most “perfect” path possible, a circle.
4 days ago · Marking the fall equinox, ancient architects achieved astounding precision in aligning celestial bodies sans today’s technological aids. Solstice and Equinox Insights: Pyramid Alignment with Stars Exploring the mysteries of celestial occurrences, such as solstices and equinoxes, unravels a deeper understanding of their heightened importance during pyramid-building epochs.
1 day ago · Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxies, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets.
1 day ago · Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( / ˌɡælɪˈleɪoʊ ˌɡælɪˈleɪ /, US also / ˌɡælɪˈliːoʊ -/, Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛːi] ), was a Florentine astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.
1 day ago · Sun. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light and infrared radiation with 10% at ultraviolet energies.
1 day ago · about 1:100 trillion. average heat flow. 29 mW/m 2. 63 mW/m 2. 1:2.2. Moon, Earth’s sole natural satellite and nearest celestial body. Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun. Its name in English, like that of Earth, is of Germanic and Old English derivation.
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4 days ago · Approximately 330,000 times that of Earth, the Sun’s mass dominates the gravitational dynamics of our solar system. This staggering figure, detailed in a study by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), highlights the sun’s central role in the cosmic dance of planets and other celestial bodies.
