Earth Shape and Constellations

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• Astronomy is the most ancient science.

  The Greek astronomers believed that the shape of the Earth is a sphere and tried to measure the size of the Earth. Astronomer Eratosthenes measured the size of the Earth. Hipparchus, first established the Star catalogues.

• Constellations - people & animals ?

  Why do you think ancient people took so much time to describe the stars as people and animals? (See attachment for full questions) Constellations are patterns of stars visible from Earth in the sky at night.

• Constellations

  This solution explains what a constellation is, and says how many of them cover the sky. It also explains whether or not the constellations will appear the same if we traveled to the edge of the solar system and to the nearest star.

• Journey Through the Universe

  The shape of the constellations filling the sky of ancient Egypt, the names of the deities to which they were associated, furthermore appear on the ceiling of New Kingdom temples and tombs (Senenmut, Seti I, Ramasseum).

• Innovations from the Greco-Roman era

  First of all, an astronomer by the name of Claudius Ptolemy managed to map over 1000 stars and put together a list of about 48 constellations. This enabled him to visualize and describe the longitude and latitude lines of the earth.

• Astronomy Terms and Locations

  Question 8 Do the constellations (stars) appear to shift east or west each day as the seasons go by? Question 9 How much do the stars in Question 8 appear to shift each day?

• Mayan myth - of the First Apocalypse myth

  Research predicts how the 2012 solstice as the earth and sun align will play a key part. 4. As you explain what will happen to humankind, it seems like most will be destroyed since it is called an "apocalypse."

• World projections

  Of all maps, three dimensional globes give the most realistic picture of the earth as a whole - the globe preserves basic spatial attributes such as distance, direction, shape, and area.

• Compare the science of Earth with the other planets in our solar system.

  Include the qualities of the Earth's interior and how we learn about it, as well as a description of properties that shape and change the Earth's surface (e.g. volcanism, tectonics, and erosion). b.