AST 1002 REVIEW LIST
EXAM #1
Describe, define, be able to use the following subject, men, concepts, terms, etc.
Latitude
Longitude
Greenwich
Directions; north, east, south, west
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
Celestial Equator
Observer’s Celestial Meridian
Degree
Arc Minute
Arc Second
Celestial Sphere
Zenith
Nadir
Hour Circle
North Celestial Pole
South Celestial Pole
Circumpolar
Hour Angle
Declination
Right Ascension
Diurnal Motion of Stars and Sun
Diurnal Circle
Ecliptic
Annual Motion of Sun
Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes
Summer and Winter Solstices
Apparent Solar Time
Mean Solar Time
Apparent Sun
Mean Sun
Zone Time
Sidereal Time
Precession of the Equinoxes
Mean Solar Day
Sidereal Day
Lunar phases
Synodic Month
Sidereal Month
Ascending Node
Descending Node
Synchronous Rotation of Moon
Total Eclipse: Solar and Lunar
Partial Eclipse: Solar and Lunar
Annular Eclipse
Coronagraph
Eclipse Season
Regression of the Nodes
Libration: Longitude and Latitude
Tides: High and Low
Tides: Spring and Neap
Aristotle
Aristarchus
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Ptolemy
Ptolemy’s postulates
Epicycle
Deferent
Equant
Retrograde Motion
Copernicus
Superior Planet
Inferior Planet
Conjunction
Opposition
Quadrature
Elongation
Synodic Period of Planet
Sidereal Period of Planet
Tycho Brahe
Almagest
Johannes Kepler
Kepler’s Laws
Elliptical Orbit
Radius Vector
Astronomical Unit
Focus
Aphelion
Perihelion
Eccentricity
Major Axis
Minor Axis
Line of Apsides
Galileo Galilei
Galileo’s discoveries
Geocentric Cosmology
Heliocentric Cosmology
Isaac Newton
Newton’s Laws
Force
Mass
Acceleration
Law of Universal Gravitation
Kepler’s Laws stated by Newton
Center of Mass (Gravity)
Circular Satellite Velocity
Escape Velocity
Conic Section
Parabola
Hyperbola
Einstein’s Special Theory
Einstein’s General Theory
Principle of Equivalence
Precession Perihelion of Mercury
Proofs of Earth’s Rotation
Foucault Pendulm
Coriolis Effect
Doppler Effect
Proofs of Earth’s Revolution
Stellar Parallax
Aberration of Starlight
Phases of Venus
Transverse Wave
Longitudinal Wave
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
Velocity
Electromagnetic Spectrum: Gamma
Ray, X-Ray, Ultra-Violet,
Visible, Infra-Red, Radio
Visible Spectrum (Colors)
Continuous Spectra
Discrete Spectra: Absorption and
Emission
Reflection
Refraction
Angle of Incidence
Angle of Refractrion
Total Internal Reflection
Diffraction
Photon
Bohr Model of Atom
Quantization
Planck’s Constant
Lyman Series
Balmer Series
Ground State
Excited State
Electron
Proton
Neutron
Valence Electron
Spectral Line Broadening