A home course in Astronomy - 03/05/03 10:58 PM
I suggested to etaoin, who is an astronmy enthusiast, that there are a lot of
interesting words to be learned about astronomy. Plato would not consider
anybody ignorant of geometry worthy of his company. Today, ignorance of
astronomy is worse. And I am ignorant of it. But I have found a place to Learn:
http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/astro.html
Here's a small sample from glossary at the site:
Corona
Cusp
Declination
Deuteron
Doppler effect
double convex
Draconic month
ecliptic & inclination
ecliptic, ecliptic plane
epicycles
event horizon
Fraunhofer lines
Heliopause
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, H-R Diagram
inverse square law
Kepler's first law
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Kepler's second law
Kepler's third law
Kerr black hole
kinetic energy
interesting words to be learned about astronomy. Plato would not consider
anybody ignorant of geometry worthy of his company. Today, ignorance of
astronomy is worse. And I am ignorant of it. But I have found a place to Learn:
http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/astro.html
Here's a small sample from glossary at the site:
Corona
Cusp
Declination
Deuteron
Doppler effect
double convex
Draconic month
ecliptic & inclination
ecliptic, ecliptic plane
epicycles
event horizon
Fraunhofer lines
Heliopause
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, H-R Diagram
inverse square law
Kepler's first law
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Kepler's second law
Kepler's third law
Kerr black hole
kinetic energy