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◆ Astronomy is the science that studies the
universe. It includes the observation and interpretation of celestial bodies and phenomena.
◆. The Greeks used philosophical arguments to explain natural phenomena
◆ The Greeks also used some observational data.
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◆ Geocentric Model = Ptolemy Greek Astronomer
• In
the ancient Greeks’ geocentric model, the moon, sun, and the known planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter—orbit Earth.
◆ Heliocentric Model = Nicolaus Copernicus
• In the heliocentric model, Earth and the other planets orbit the sun.
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◆ Ptolemaic System
• Ptolemy created a model of
the universe that accounted for the movement of the planets.
• Retrograde motion is the apparent westward motion of the planets with respect to the stars.
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◆ Nicolaus Copernicus
• Copernicus concluded that Earth is
a planet. He proposed a model of the solar system with the sun at the center. Heliocentric Model
This model explained the retrograde motion of planets better than the geocentric model.
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◆ Tycho Brahe
• Tycho Brahe designed and built
instruments to measure the locations of the heavenly bodies. Brahe’s observations, especially of Mars, were far more precise than any made previously.
◆ Johannes Kepler
• Kepler discovered three laws of planetary motion:
1. Orbits of the planets are elliptical.
2. Planets revolve around the sun at varying speed.
3. There is a proportional relationship between a planet’s orbital period and its distance to the sun.
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German astronomer
Johannes Kepler
(1571-1630) helped establish the
era of modern astronomy by deriving three laws of planetary motion.
Слайд 11Johannes Kepler
1599 – Kepler hired by Tycho Brahe
Work on
the orbit of Mars
1609 – Kepler’s 1st and 2nd Laws
Planets move on ellipses with the Sun at one focus
The radius vector sweeps out equal areas in equal times
1618 – Kepler’s 3rd Law
The square of a planet’s orbital period P is proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis R.
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Johannes Kepler used Tycho Brahe’s data to develop three laws
that explained the motions of the planets.
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Faster
Slower
Equal areas law
KEPLER’S EQUAL AREA LAW states that a line
connecting Earth to the sun will pass over equal areas of space in equal times. Because Earth’s orbit is elliptical, Earth moves faster when it is nearer to the sun.
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◆ Galileo Galilei
Italian scientist
Galileo Galilei (1564—1642) used
a new invention, the telescope, to observe the Sun, Moon, and planets in more detail than ever before.
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◆ Galileo Galilei
• Galileo’s most important contributions were
his descriptions of the behavior of moving objects.
• He developed his own telescope and made important discoveries:
1. Four satellites, or moons, orbit Jupiter.
2. Planets are circular disks, not just points of light.
3. Venus has phases just like the moon.
4. The moon’s surface is not smooth.
5. The sun has sunspots, or dark regions.
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◆ Sir Isaac Newton
English scientist
Sir Isaac Newton
(1642—1727) explained gravity as the force that holds planets in orbit around the Sun.
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◆ Sir Isaac Newton
• Although others had theorized
the existence of gravitational force, Newton was the first to formulate and test the law of universal gravitation. The universal law of gravitation, helped explain the motions of planets in the solar system.
◆ Universal Gravitation
• Gravitational force decreases with distance.
• The greater the mass of an object, the greater is its gravitational force.
Слайд 20Newton’s Laws of Motion
1st Law
A body at rest, or in uniform
motion, will remain so unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
2nd Law
The change in motion (acceleration) is proportional to the unbalanced force
3rd Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
Слайд 21Gravity
Gravity is the force that
holds us to the Earth
causes a rock
to fall towards the ground
causes the Earth to go around the Sun
causes the Sun to be pulled towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Gravity acts between any two objects even if they are far apart.
“action at a distance”
Слайд 22The Movements of Planets and Stars
B. Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model
C. Copernicus’s Heliocentric
Model
D. Tycho, Kepler, and Planetary Motion
E. Isaac Newton and the Law of Gravitation
VOCABULARY
Observing the Solar System: A History
geocentric
heliocentric
gravitation
retrograde
Слайд 23Summary
Kepler’s and Galileo’s Laws provided Newton with important clues that helped
him formulate his laws of motion
Newton arrived at 3 laws that govern the motion of objects
The law of inertia
The law of force
The law of action and reaction
Newton also arrived at a law of gravity
But it seemed to require action at a distance!
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Light and Astronomical Observations
Earth Science
Слайд 25• An ellipse is an oval-shaped path.
An astronomical unit (AU) is
the average distance between
Earth and the sun; it is about 150 million kilometers.
Light-year The distance that light travels in one year, about 9.5 trillion kilometers.
Parsec: A unit of measurement used to describe distances between celestial objects, equal to 3.258 light-years.
Important Astronomical Measurements
Слайд 26Electromagnetic radiation
Visible light is only one small part of
an array of energy
Electromagnetic radiation includes
Gamma rays
X-rays
Ultraviolet light
Visible light
Infrared light
Radio waves
The study of light
*Energy radiated in the form of a wave, resulting from the motion of electric charges and the magnetic fields they produce.
Слайд 27The study of light
Electromagnetic radiation
All forms of radiation
travel at 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) per second
Light (electromagnetic radiation) can be described in two ways
Wave model
Wavelengths of radiation vary
Radio waves measure up to several kilometers long
Gamma ray waves are less than a billionth of a centimeter long
White light consists of several wavelengths corresponding to the colors of the rainbow
A continuum depicting the range of electromagnetic radiation, with the longest wavelength at one end and the shortest at the other.
Слайд 28Light (electromagnetic radiation) can be described in two ways
Particle model
Particles called photons
Exert a pressure, called radiation pressure, on matter
Shorter wavelengths correspond to more energetic photons
Слайд 29Spectroscopy
The study of the properties of light that depend on wavelength
The
light pattern produced by passing light through a prism, which spreads out the various wavelengths, is called a spectrum (plural: spectra)
The study of light
Слайд 30A spectrum is produced when white light passes through a prism
The
study of light
Слайд 31Spectroscopy
The study of light
Types of spectra
Continuous spectrum: A spectrum
that contains all colors or wavelengths.
Produced by an incandescent solid, liquid, or high pressure gas
Uninterrupted band of color
Dark-line (absorption) spectrum
Produced when white light is passed through a comparatively cool, low pressure gas
Appears as a continuous spectrum but with dark lines running through it
Слайд 32Formation of the three types of spectra
Слайд 33A spectrum consisting of individual lines at characteristic wavelengths produced when
light passes through an incandescent gas; a bright-line spectrum.
Emission Spectrum
A continuous spectrum crossed by dark lines produced when light passes through a nonincandescent gas.
Absorption Spectrum
Слайд 34Doppler effect
The apparent change in wavelength of radiation caused by the
relative motions of the source and observer
Used to determine
Direction of motion
Increasing distance – wavelength is longer ("stretches")
Decreasing distance – makes wavelength shorter ("compresses")
Velocity – larger Doppler shifts indicate higher velocities
The study of light
Слайд 35The Doppler effect
Originally discovered by the Austrian mathematician and physicist, Christian
Doppler (1803-53), this change in pitch results from a shift in the frequency of the sound waves.
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Redshift, a phenomenon of electromagnetic waves such as light in which
spectral lines are shifted to the red end of the spectrum.
The electromagnetic radiation emitted by a moving object also exhibits the Doppler effect.
The Doppler effect
Слайд 37The radiation emitted by an object moving toward an observer is
squeezed; its frequency appears to increase and is therefore said to be blueshifted. In contrast, the radiation emitted by an object moving away is stretched or redshifted. Blueshifts and redshifts exhibited by stars, galaxies and gas clouds also indicate their motions with respect to the observer.
The Doppler effect
Слайд 38Optical (visible light) telescopes
Two basic types (1) Refracting telescope
Uses
a lens (called the objective) to bend (refract) the light to produce an image
Light converges at an area called the focus
Distance between the lens and the focus is called the focal length
The eyepiece is a second lens used to examine the image directly
Have an optical defect called chromatic aberration (color distortion)
Astronomical tools
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Optical (visible light) telescopes
Two basic types (2) Reflecting telescope
Uses
a concave mirror to gather the light
No color distortion
Nearly all large telescopes are of this type
Astronomical tools
Слайд 41A prime focus reflecting telescope
Слайд 42Cassegrain focus reflecting telescope
Слайд 43Newtonian focus reflecting telescope
Слайд 44The 200" (5m) Hale Reflector of Palomar Observatory is shown above.
Until recently it was the world's largest optical/infrared telescope.
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Optical (visible light) telescopes
Properties of optical telescopes
Light-gathering power
Larger
lens (or mirror) intercepts more light
Determines the brightness
Resolving power
The ability to separate close objects
Allows for a sharper image and finer detail
Astronomical tools
Слайд 46Optical (visible light) telescopes
Properties of optical telescopes
Magnifying power
The ability
to make an image larger
Calculated by dividing the focal length of the objective by the focal length of the eyepiece
Can be changed by changing the eyepiece
Limited by atmospheric conditions and the resolving power of the telescope
Even with the largest telescopes, stars (other than the Sun) appear only as points of light
Astronomical tools
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Detecting invisible radiation
Radio radiation
Gathered by "big dishes" called radio telescopes
Large because radio waves are about 100,000 times longer than visible radiation
Often made of a wire mesh
Have rather poor resolution
Can be wired together into a network called a radio interferometer
Astronomical tools
Слайд 48A steerable radio telescope at Green Bank, West Virginia
Radio Telescope
Слайд 49Detecting invisible radiation
Radio radiation
Gathered by "big dishes" called radio telescopes
Advantages over optical telescopes
Less affected by weather
Less expensive
Can be used 24 hours a day
Detects material that does not emit visible radiation
Can "see" through interstellar dust clouds
Astronomical tools
Слайд 50The 300-meter radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Radio Telescope
Слайд 51The theory holding that the universe originated from the instant expansion
of an extremely small agglomeration of matter of extremely high density and temperature.
The Big Bang Theory
Слайд 52Photons converted into particle-antiparticle pairs and vice-versa
E = mc2
Early universe
was full of particles and radiation because of its high temperature
Слайд 54The Big Band Theory
Evidence for Big Bang
This is the theory of
the universe’s earliest moments.
It presumes that the universe began from a tiny, hot, and dense collection of matter and radiation.
It describes how expansion and cooling of particles could have led to the present universe of stars and galaxies.
It explains several aspects of today’s universe with a very good accuracy.
Слайд 55The Big Band Theory
The Big Bang theory is a model, which
explains some facts (observations).
It should be able to make predictions that can be verified through observations or experiments.
Two important predictions:
Cosmic microwave background radiation.
2. Fusion of original hydrogen into helium.
Слайд 56Evidence for the Big Bang
The Cosmic Background Radiation (Microwaves)
Penzias & Wilson
(1962) discovered an isotropic background microwave signal during testing a microwave antenna at Bell Labs in 1965. The noise was found to be coming from every direction.
At the same time, physicists from Princeton calculated the expected radiation from the initially hot universe.They suggested that this radiation could be detected with a microwave antenna.
The result was a Nobel Prize in physics for 1978.
Слайд 58The Cosmic Background Radiation (Microwaves)
Background radiation from Big Bang has been
freely streaming across universe since atoms formed at temperature ~ 3,000 K: visible/IR
Слайд 59The Cosmic Microwave Background
The background consists of photons (radiation) arriving at
Earth directly from the end of the era of nuclei (when the Universe was about 380,000 years old).
Neutral atoms captured most of the electrons.
Photons were released and have flown freely through the universe ever since.
This background radiation can be detected with a small TV antenna as part (1%) of static “snow”. The redshifted spectrum of the background radiation has now a temperature of 2.73 K.
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Cosmic Background Explorer
The first satelliteThe first satellite built dedicated to
cosmologyThe first satellite built dedicated to cosmology. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiationThe first satellite built dedicated to cosmology. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) of the universe and provide measurements that would help shape our understanding of the cosmos.
Слайд 61This work helped cement the big-bangThis work helped cement the big-bang
theory of the universe. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmologyThis work helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science". Two of COBE's principal investigators, George SmootThis work helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science". Two of COBE's principal investigators, George Smoot and John MatherThis work helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science". Two of COBE's principal investigators, George Smoot and John Mather, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006.
Cosmic Background Explorer
Слайд 63The "famous" map of the CMB anisotropy formed from data taken
by the COBE spacecraft.
Cosmic Background Explorer
Слайд 64In 1927, the Belgian priest Georges Lemaître was the first to
propose that the universe began with the explosion of a primeval atom.
Evidence for the Big Bang
Слайд 65Evidence for the Big Bang
Edwin Hubble found experimental evidence to help
justify Lemaître's theory. He found that distant galaxies in every direction are going away from us with speeds proportional to their distance (the redshift).
The big bang was initially suggested because it explains why distant galaxies are traveling away from us at great speeds. The theory also predicts the existence of cosmic background radiation (the glow left over from the explosion itself). The Big Bang Theory received its strongest confirmation when this radiation was discovered in 1964 by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, who later won the Nobel Prize for this discovery.
Слайд 66Hubble’s Evidence
Doppler shifting - wavelength emitted by something moving away from
us is shifted to a lower frequency
Sound of a fire truck siren - pitch of the siren is higher as the fire truck moves towards you, and lower as it moves away from you
Visible wavelengths emitted by objects moving away from us are shifted towards the red part of the visible spectrum
The faster they move away from us, the more they are redshifted. Thus, redshift is a reasonable way to measure the speed of an object (this, by the way, is the principal by which radar guns measure the speed of a car or baseball)
When we observe the redshift of galaxies outside our local group, every galaxy appears to be moving away from us - universe is expanding.
Слайд 67Expansion of universe has redshifted thermal radiation from that time to
~1000 times longer wavelength: microwaves
Слайд 68Big Bang Theory - Evidence for the Theory
What are the major
evidences which support the Big Bang theory?
Evidence for the Big Bang
First of all, we are reasonably certain that the universe had a beginning.
Second, galaxies appear to be moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distance. This is called "Hubble's Law," named after Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) who discovered this phenomenon in 1929. This observation supports the expansion of the universe and suggests that the universe was once compacted.
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Third, if the universe was initially very,
very hot as the Big Bang suggests, we should be able to find some remnant of this heat. In 1965, Radioastronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered a 2.725 degree Kelvin (-454.765 degree Fahrenheit, -270.425 degree Celsius) Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB) which pervades the observable universe. This is thought to be the remnant which scientists were looking for. Penzias and Wilson shared in the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery.
Слайд 70Evidence for the Big Bang
Finally, the abundance of the "light elements"
Hydrogen and Helium found in the observable universe are thought to support the Big Bang model of origins.
Слайд 71Synthesis of Helium
The current CMB temperature tells us precisely how hot
the universe was when it appeared.
It tells us how much helium was initially produced.
A helium nucleus contains 2 protons and 2 neutrons.
At T > 1011 K, nuclear reactions converted protons into neutrons and back, keeping their numbers nearly equal.
Between 1010 and 1011 K, neutron – proton reactions favor protons, because neutrons are heavier than protons.
Слайд 72Energy is required to convert protons to neutrons.
At T < 1010
K, only neutrons can be changed into protons.
However, fusion continued to operate
and protons and neutrons combined into deuterium.
Then deuterium fused into helium.
During the early era of nucleosynthesis, helium nuclei were being destroyed by gamma-rays.
At ~1 minute, gamma-rays were gone and the proton – neutron ratio was set to 7:1.
Synthesis of Helium
Слайд 73Big Bang theory prediction: 75% H, 25% He (by mass)
Matches
observations of nearly primordial gases
Synthesis of Helium
Слайд 74Abundances of other light elements agree with Big Bang model having
4.4% normal matter – more evidence for WIMPS!
Synthesis of Helium
Слайд 76Nebular Hypothesis of Solar System Formation.