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    History of Astronomy

    Learning Goals
    What We Should Know
    • Examples of how ancient cultures used
    astronomical information
    • Description of the ancient astronomy related
    monuments
    • Contributions of Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus
    and Kepler
    • The geocentric and heliocentric models of the
    solar system
    • Important methods and technologies for
    astronomical observations and measurements
    02 History of Astronomy
    Reading Assignments

    Pathways to Astronomy, Schneider & Arny


    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12

    Online Resources – Course Website


    Ancient Astronomy
    Stonehenge
    Chichen Itza
    Tulum
    Chaco Canyon
    Aristotelian Unvierse
    Aristotle 384-322 BC
    Figure 10.4
    Ptolemy
    • Retrograde Motion
    • Epicycles
    • Alfonsine Tables
    Copernicus 1473-1543
    Tycho Brahe 1546-1601
    Kepler 1571-1630
    Galileo 1564-1642
    Newton 1642 - 1727
    Spectroscopy
    • Einstein
    • Hubble
    Space Craft
    Questions

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