ASTR 103 - Course Notes, Spring Semester 2004

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Glossary of Astronomical Terms

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Topic	Subject	Topic	Subject
History of Science	Origin of Scientific Thought	Stars	Stars - Organization, Distance, and Motion
History of Science	Greek Natural Philosophy
Science	Physical Concepts
Science	Laws of Science
Science	Theories in Science		Variable Stars and Stellar Clusters
Science	Scientific Notation
Science	Private and Public Practice
Science	Themes of Modern Science
Science	Technology and Survival
Science	Science: A Way of Knowing
Earth/Sky	Size and Shape of the Earth
Earth/Sky	Constellations
Earth/Sky	Celestial Sphere
Earth/Sky	Diurnal Motion of the Sun Over the Year
Earth/Sky	Astronomical Coordinate Systems
Earth/Sky	Time Keeping Systems
Cyclic Phenomena	The Sun and the Seasons
Cyclic Phenomena	The Precession of the Equinoxs
Cyclic Phenomena	The Phases of the Moon
Cyclic Phenomena	Lunar and Solar Eclipses
Cyclic Phenomena	The Configurations of the Planets
History of Science	Greek Geocentric and Heliocentric Cosmologies		Interstellar Medium
History of Science	Ptolemy's Geocentric Cosmology		Interstellar Medium
History of Science	Renaissance Revolution in Science
History of Science	Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)
History of Science	The Copernican System
History of Science	Tycho Brahe (l546-1601)
Motion	Terrestrial and Celestial Motion		Stellar Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution
Motion	Mass
Motion	Velocity and Acceleration
Motion	Momentum
Motion	Rotation and Angular Momentum
Motion	Universal Motion		Stellar - Main-Sequence Evolution
Cosmology	Newtonian Cosmology		Post-Mass-Sequence Evolution for Low-Mass Stars
Light	Light as Electromagnetic Waves		Post-Main Sequence Evolution for High-Mass Stars
Telescopes	Telescopes and Images		Death of Stars
Matter	Structure of Matter		Relativity - Special and General
	Interaction of Radiation and Matter		Stellar - Black Holes
	Discrete Nature of Light	Galaxies	The Milky Way Galaxy
Solar System	Components, Architecture, and Evolution of the Solar System	Galaxies	Galaxies - Types and Properties
	The Terrestrial Planets	Universe	Universe - Expansion of Space
	The Jovian Planets	Galaxies	Galaxies - Peculiar and Active Galaxies
	Minor Bodies of the Solar System	Universe	Universe - Large-Scale Structure
Sun	Solar Photospheric Structure	Cosmology	Cosmology, Science of the Universe
Sun	Sunspots and the Sunspot Cycle	Cosmology	Expansion of Space-Time
Sun	Solar Chromosphere Structure	Cosmology	Geometry of the Universe
Sun	Solar Flares	Cosmology	Friedmann Universes
Sun	Solar Coronal Structure	Cosmology	Alternatives to Big-Bang Cosmologies
Sun	Prominences and Filaments	Cosmology	Tests of Cosmological Models
Sun	Solar Activity	Cosmology	Birth of the Universe
Sun	Physical Processes in the Solar Interior	Cosmology	Primordial Black Holes
Sun	Energy Generation in the Solar Interior	Cosmology	End of the Universe
Sun	Mathematical Models of the Solar Interior	Cosmology

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