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ASTRONOMY 101
CHAPTER 5
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
08/28/2007

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TRANSITS OF VENUS
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FROM THE 17TH CENETURY ONWARD, ASTRONOMERS MADE MORE AND MORE ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF THIS TYPE, ESPECIALLY ON RARE OCCASIONS CALLED
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SPECTRAL LINE
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SCIENTISTS REALIZED THAT THESE ___WERE REALTED TO THE PRESENCES OF VARIOUS TYPES OF ATOMS IN THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE, A WINDOW FINALLY OPENED TO REAL UNDESTANDING OF THE SUN
S NATURE.
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DENSITY
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MASS PER VOLUME
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ATOM
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THE SMALLEST UNIT OF A CHEMICAL ELEMENT, CONSISTING OF A NUCLEUS CONTAINING PROTONS AND NEUTRONS PLUS A SURROUNDING CLUD OF ELECTRONS
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NUCLEUS
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THE CENTRAL CORE OF ATOM CONTAINING PROTONS AND NEUTRONS THAT CARRIES A NET POSITIVE CHARGE
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PROTONS
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A POSITIVELY CHARGE ATOMIC PARTICLE CONTAINED IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM. THE NUCLEUS OF A HYDROGEN ATOM
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NEURON
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AN ATOMIC PARTICLE WITH NO CHARGE AND ABOUT HE SAME MASS AS A PROTON
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ELECTRON
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LOW MASS ATOMIC PARTICLE CARRYIN A NEGATIVE CHARGE
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MOLECULES
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TWO OR MORE ATOMS BONDED TOGETHER
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HEAT
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ENERGY STORED IN A MATERIAL AS AGITATION AMONG ITS PARTICLES
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TEMPERATURE
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A MEASURE OF THE AGITATION AMONG THE ATOMS AND MOLECULES OF A MATERIAL, THE INTENSITY OF HEAT.
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ABSOLUTE ZERO
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THE THEORETICAL LOWEST POSSIBLE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH A MATERIAL CONTAINS NO EXTRACTABLE HEAT ENERGY. ZERO ON THE KELVIN TEMPERATURE SCALE.
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ABSOLUTE ZERO
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THE THEORETICAL LOWEST POSSIBLE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH A MATERIAL CONTAINS NO EXTRACTABLE HEAT ENERGY. ZERO ON THE KELVIN TEMPERATURE SCALE.
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KELVIN TEMPERATURE SCALE
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A UNIT OF DIANTANCE EQUAL TO 1000 pc OR 3260 ly
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