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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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