A | B |
reflecting telescopes | use mirrors |
refracting telescopes | use lenses |
radio telescopes | detects radio waves |
visable light | small range of wavelenghts we can see |
prism | separates light |
spectroscope | tool used to separate light |
infrared telescope | detects heat |
interferometry | links up more than 1 telescope toghther |
moon | natural satellite |
station model | uses symbols on a map to record weather data for a certain city |
Seasons | due to the tilt of the Earth |
summer solstice | June 21 |
winter solstice | Dec 21 |
equinox | the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator |
vernal equinox | March 21 |
autumnal equinox | September 21 |
revolution | one complete trip of a body along an orbit |
rotation | the spin of a body on its axis |
X-rays | some invisible wavelenghts of the electromagnetic spectrum |
electromagnetic spectrum | all of the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation |