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Wanderers Astronomers
Wanderers Astronomers
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2012
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Anderson
 Definition
Discovered positrons
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Arrhenius
 Definition
predicted global warming
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babcock
 Definition
suns variable magnetic field generated
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Bethe
 Definition
Nuclear reactions in sun
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Borelli
 Definition
Comets
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Chadwick
 Definition
Discovered the neutron
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Cowan
 Definition
observe neutrinos
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Dirac
 Definition
solar positrons
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Dobson
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Ozone hole
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Eddington
 Definition
Sunshine from converting hydrogen to helium
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Einstein
 Definition
E=MC^2
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Fermi
 Definition
Named the neutrino
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Forbush
 Definition
Max solar activity means fewer cosmic rays
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Fourier
 Definition
Greenhouse effect
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Fraunhofer
 Definition
elements absorbing lights
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Gilbert
 Definition
First to say earth is a big magnet
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Gold
 Definition
Invented magnetosphere, magnetic clouds travel to earth, solar flares
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Gore
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Inconveninet Truth
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Hale
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measured magnetic field and sunspots
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Halley
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Comet
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Hays
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Ice age
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Hess
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Cosmic rays
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Janssen
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Found helium in sun
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Keeling
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Showed CO2 in atmosphere is increasing as time goes on
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Kirchoff
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Showed dark lines in sun tell you what element is there
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Lane
 Definition
Center of sun = 15 mil degrees
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Leighton
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oscillations in sun
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Lockyer
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w/ janssen, helium in sun
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Marconi
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Radio waves around the world, ionosphere
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Milankovitch
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cause of ice age = astronomical rhythms
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Molina
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Warned CFCs will destroy ozone
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Parker
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Solar wind, showed that the magnetic field pulled out from sun would have spiral shape
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Pauli
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Radioactivity led to toning effect, need for a neutrino
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Pontecorvo
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One of the first to say neutrinos could change type
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Reines
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helped detect neutrino with cowan
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Revelle
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Dangers of CO2 warming
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Rowland
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warned CFCs will destroy ozone
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Rutherford
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Nucleus in atom
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Schwabe
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11 year sun spot cycle
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Tempel
 Definition
comet
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Tydndall
 Definition
why sky is blue
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Weizsacker
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Explained why sun is heavier than sunshine
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Wild
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Name of Comet
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Wolfenstein
 Definition
Showe dhow neutrinos could change character
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Zeeman
 Definition
strength and direction of magnetic field
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