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| Can you see the moon during the daytime? |
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| Can you see stars, other than the sun during the daytime? |
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| Why do we divide our calendar in the way that we do? |
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| the calendar is mostly based on natural orbit and rotational clocks |
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| You hear that the moon will soon be in a beautiful grouping with Venus and Jupiter in the sky, how long will it last? |
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| and which object moves the fastest? |
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| Which appears to move faster through the stars? |
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| Which phases of the moon are caused by the earth's shadow? |
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| How do we know earth moves through space? |
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| The changing angles when mincing through rain. We change the angle of stars when we move through time and place |
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| What causes Earth's seasons? |
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| The Earth's rotational tilt relative to the Sun |
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| What is the main light source for the Moon? |
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| How much of the entire Moon is illuminated by the Sun at any one time? |
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| How much of the entire Earth is illuminated by the Sun at any one time? |
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| On Earth, do we see only one side of the Moon facing us? |
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| We see only one side of the moon. |
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| If we see one face of the moon, Does the Moon rotate? |
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| Can you ever see the full Moon at noon from Tuscaloosa? |
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| Can you ever see the Moon at noon from Tuscaloosa? |
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| Which phases of the Moon are caused by the Earth's shadow? |
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| None of Them (The Moon's phases are caused by the it's own shadow) [The Earth's shadow causes night] [The Earth's Shadow only messes with the Moon, during a Lunar Eclipse during a full moon] |
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| Do we have Solar and Lunar Eclipses each once a month? |
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| No, the Moon's orbit is tilted compared to the Earth's orbit |
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| Which kind of eclipse is seen more often from Tuscaloosa? |
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| For a lunar eclipse to occur, the Moon must be in what phase? |
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| If there were no Moon, would we still have tides? |
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| Yes, there would still be smaller tides caused by the Sun. |
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| What are tides on the Earth doing to the Moon's orbit around us? |
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| The Moon is slowly moving away from the Earth (The tide's cause a gravitational distortion and tugs it making it drift out) |
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| If you fall in a hole that goes through the center (and whole) of Earth, when would you fell at rest? |
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| at the opposite side. The earth is a big target with radiuses, |
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| What was the physical basis of Kepler's orbital laws? |
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| There was no physical basis; they were just mathematical descriptions. |
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| Whose model of the Solar System was the most accurate? |
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| Kepler's heliocentric model |
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