PHYS*1600, UOG, F17, QUIZ TERMS (UNITS 1-5) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PHYS*1600, UOG, F17, QUIZ TERMS (UNITS 1-
AND CORRECT ANSWERS




Inferior cConjunction c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔When ca cplanet cis cdirectly cbetween cthe cEarth cand cth
cwhat cconfiguration...?


Superior cConjunction c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔When ca cplanet cis cin cline cwith cEarth cand cthe cSun,
cthe csun, cit cis cin cwhat cconfiguration...?


Parallax c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Variation cin cangle cwhen cviewing can cobject cfrom cdifferent clocatio

Side cReal cPeriod c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The ctime cit ctakes ca cbody cto corbit cthe csun c(The clength

elliptical, csun, cnothing c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cEarth cand call cplanets cmove cabout cthe csun cin
c(blank) cat cone cfocus cand c(blank) cat cthe cother.


Prograde c(direct) cmotion c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cappearance cof cthe cplanets cmoving ceastwa
cthe cstars cdaily


Retrograde cmotion c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cwestward c(left cto cright) cmotion cof cplanets cacross

Elongation c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cangle cbetween cthe csun cand ca cplanet cas cseen cfrom cEart

Synodic cPeriod c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The ctime cbetween ctwo csuccessive cidentical cconjunctions
cexample, c2 coppositions) cIt chelps cus cto cdetermine cthe cdistances cof cplanets cfrom cthe csun


The cassumption cthat cplanets corbit cthe csun calong ccircular cpaths c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔The cass
cCopernicus' cheliocentric ccosmology cno cmore caccurate cthan cgeocentric ccosmology?


0.10 c(always cthe clowest cnumber) c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔An corbit cwith cwhich cof cthe cfollowing ce
a) c0.10 c
b) c0.25 c
c) c0.72 c
d) c0.90