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    Astronomy is considered one of the oldest sciences, dating back to early civilizations. Early astronomers like the Chinese, Egyptians, and Babylonians made observations of celestial bodies but did not interpret their findings. Important astronomical advances were made by Greek astronomers from 600 BC to 200 AD. Modern astronomy involves studying the structure and motion of objects like planets, stars, comets, and galaxies using tools like the Hubble Space Telescope and space probes. Key early figures who contributed to the development of astronomy include Thales, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton.

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    Astronomy is considered one of the oldest sciences, dating back to early civilizations. Early astronomers like the Chinese, Egyptians, and Babylonians made observations of celestial bodies but did not interpret their findings. Important astronomical advances were made by Greek astronomers from 600 BC to 200 AD. Modern astronomy involves studying the structure and motion of objects like planets, stars, comets, and galaxies using tools like the Hubble Space Telescope and space probes. Key early figures who contributed to the development of astronomy include Thales, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton.

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    Astronomy

    Reported by: Cheniel Nica Robles


    BSBA II

    Astronomycame

    from the Greek


    words astron means "star" and nomy from nomos,"law" or
    "culture" means "law of the stars"
    or "culture of the stars"
    depending on the translation.

    Astronomycan

    be considered
    as the oldest of all sciences.

    The

    history of astronomy
    stretches back in time to the
    beginnings of civilization.
    Mankind has always been
    fascinated by stars.
    Before the dawn of history
    someone noticed that certain
    celestial bodies moved in orderly
    and predictable paths &
    astronomy-an-ancient-was born.

    The

    earliest recorded astronomical


    observations were made by the
    Chinese,Egyptians,and
    Babylonians, who however made
    no real effort to interpret what
    they saw.
    Many important astronomical
    observations were made by the
    Greeks during a period of roughly
    800 years from 600 BC to AD 200.

    It

    deals with the structure of


    the solar system which includes
    the nine planets and their
    satellites, the sun, the stars,
    meteors, asteroids and comets.
    Astronomy is the branch of
    science which deals with the
    study of heavenly bodies, their
    structure and their motion.

    Whoweretheearlyastronomers?

    ThalesofMiletus-was the first


    of the Greek philosophers. He
    was accredited with the
    predicting an eclipse in 585 BC.
    AristachusofSamos-was one
    of the first people to state that
    the Earth turns on its axis and
    orbits the Sun.

    Erastothenes- was the one who


    measured the circumference of
    the earth, which he calculated to
    be 40,000 km. This is in close
    agreement with the modern value
    of 40,007 km.
    ClaudiusPtolemy-was very
    popular for his geocentric model
    of the solar system.

    NicholausCopernicus-a Polish
    astronomer argued that the Sun, not
    the earth is at the center of the solar
    system.
    TychoBrahe-danish astronomer
    was the last of the great
    astronomers to rely on the naked
    eye, & he improved every previous
    astronomical observations.

    JohannesKepler-first person
    to show that the planets move
    around the sun in elliptical obits.
    GalileoGalilei-an Italian
    astronomer, developed the
    astronomical telescope & used it
    to discover & study many
    structures in the universe.
    SirIsaacNewton-the laws of
    motion.

    Today, astronomy is continuous progression,


    discovering something new in the universe
    almost everyday.
    Scientist have invented the Hubble Space
    Telescope which could get a clearer view of
    the structures in the universe.
    Many space probes have been sent to
    various planets to study its composition and
    structure.

    ClosestStar(excludingthesun)-
    Triple star system Alpha and Proxima
    Centauri, about 4.3 light years from
    earth.
    MostLuminousStar-Sirius or
    Dogstar.
    LargestAsteroid-Ceres, located
    between Mars & Jupiter, with a
    diameter of 636 miles.
    Farthestobjectvisibletothe
    nakedeye-Andromedagalaxy,
    2.2 million light-years from earth.

    SomeFactsaboutSpace
    LargestPlanet- Jupiter, with an
    equatorial diameter of 88,732 miles.
    SmallestPlanet-Mercury, with
    an equatorial diameter of 3031 miles.
    DensestPlanet- Earth,with an
    average density of about 5 times that
    of water.
    LightestPlanet-Saturn,with an
    average density about 0.72 times
    that of water.

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