Astronomy & Space - October 2006

how can we prove that the earth is actually like any other planet and not the centre of the universe, and the whole universe is actually moving around it?

2006-10-20 15:10:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The French Academy of Science proclaimed at in 1772 that meteorites were just superstitious nonsense, because rocks could not fall from the sky. But, did museums really throw out their specimens? Is it hard to find meteorite specimens in Europe that date prior to 1790? Anyone know this? Thanks, I am writing a book on the history of science.

2006-10-20 14:01:55 · 4 answers · asked by Crazy Eagle 3

would the Sun, moon, and Mars be?

Now, it does not have to be a baseball, but some other small object of familiar size (basketball, golf, whatever). I remember hearing something similar a long time ago, and being blown away. Its an interesting scale question.

2006-10-20 13:32:44 · 11 answers · asked by Crazy Eagle 3

I suppose you would need quite a space suit to survive the collision with the atmosphere.

2006-10-20 13:31:49 · 15 answers · asked by gregory_s19 3

2006-10-20 13:04:21 · 12 answers · asked by sir j 1

2006-10-20 12:51:19 · 8 answers · asked by sir j 1

Say the moon fell out of orbit, Earth fell or any of the other planets, how would it affect us?

2006-10-20 12:47:56 · 10 answers · asked by morgana_tyler 1

just wanna know....

2006-10-20 12:29:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-20 12:17:20 · 3 answers · asked by jerse15 3

2006-10-20 11:52:30 · 9 answers · asked by paulbucht 1

Sometimes when I am driving around at night the moon looks huge like when it is framed by trees or a mountain but at other times looks tiny. Same moon, same night, approximate location but maybe it has something to do with the background.

2006-10-20 11:51:13 · 9 answers · asked by Gib P 1

2006-10-20 11:14:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-20 10:53:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

if the moon rises at3:30 am and sets at 4:00 pm what will its azimuth and altitude be at 3:32pm

please answer these with azimuth and altitude:
rises at 4:37 am set 5:00pm at 3:40
rises at 5:40 am sets 5:20 pm at 4:51
6:40 am sets 5:40 pm at 6;21

and can you show me how to figure it out!

2006-10-20 10:47:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

why the clouds are made in the sky.Did they posses any use in the sky,if so what are they.How is the cloud made up off,is it made up of gas,If so why they are not spredding in the sky...

2006-10-20 09:56:08 · 6 answers · asked by niyas t 1

2006-10-20 08:41:12 · 10 answers · asked by justcuriouslikegeorge 5

2006-10-20 08:18:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

will earth come to its initial stage as it was when the big -bang formed?

2006-10-20 08:16:54 · 6 answers · asked by anu 1

Say 300-500 years from now, if we dont extinct ourselves by then, could we have the knowledge to time travel? Look at how far we've advanced in technology in the last 50 years and the rate that it is increasing...
If so, then do we have people walking around from the future right now? They'd probably be smart enough to know not to change anything...
What about aliens? Could they be our future smarter selves? Maybe our earth becomes inhabitable so the elite humans get to inhabit this new planet with new laws of gravity so their body has less mass, which is why aliens are described as skinny. The reason we cant find them is because in our time, they dont exist, but maybe in 500 years we've colonized the moon or something and learn new laws of physics which dont exist on earth which is why we dont have that technology yet.
Am I crazy?

2006-10-20 08:15:34 · 14 answers · asked by Candy C 2

I need to know imedietnly!!!!

2006-10-20 08:07:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

If an infinite amount of nothing equates to something as in the above equation does this demonstrate that there has to be something rather than nothing in a cosmological context?

2006-10-20 07:30:41 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Say we knew that in 2016, an asteroid the size of Manhattan was going to enter our atmosphere. We have 10 years to do something about it. What could we do?

2006-10-20 07:10:18 · 11 answers · asked by BOO! 2

2006-10-20 06:44:14 · 6 answers · asked by num2bishop 1

Also, explain the string theory in simple form.

2006-10-20 06:10:11 · 11 answers · asked by vespertilio_v 2

2006-10-20 05:16:32 · 25 answers · asked by doynk2 2

2006-10-20 04:51:57 · 4 answers · asked by pratham k 1

2006-10-20 04:24:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-20 04:14:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-20 04:14:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-20 04:11:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous