ASTRONOMY

(See also Constellations; Eclipses; Observatories; Stars; Telescopes; Universe)

Antarctica:

world’s best location: g 12/08 29

astrolabe: g 4/12 19; g88 11/8 27

astronomer longevity: g94 8/8 29

AURA organization: g90 3/8 24

Babylon: sh 83-84

quality of observations: it-1 456

zodiac: it-2 1240

Bible scientific: wp18.1 6; w92 5/15 5

China:

evidently observe supernova (1054): g96 1/22 8

colors of stars, nebulas, and galaxies: g 2/12 15, 17; g96 1/22 10; g88 9/8 31

contributions:

Arabic-speaking medieval scholars: g 4/12 16-19

Moors: g88 11/8 27

to chronology: it-1 454-456; w11 10/1 31; w11 11/1 24-25, 27-28

discoveries: g96 7/8 28

asteroid Sallit One: g96 8/22 29

earth’s equator: g05 12/22 22-25

expansion of universe: g 8/09 16-18; g99 6/22 3-4; ct 11-14

filaments of galaxies: g 2/09 30

largest galaxy: g88 1/22 30

plume of antimatter in Milky Way galaxy (1997): g97 10/22 29

universe had a beginning: g21.3 10; wp18.1 6; g 11/07 8; g99 6/22 3-5; rs 62

Ecuador (ancient): g05 12/22 22-25

effect of city lights: g03 1/22 28; g02 5/22 29; g96 7/8 28-29; g93 7/8 29

effect of electronic noise: g00 3/22 29

efforts to contact intelligent extraterrestrial life: g02 11/22 28-29

efforts to detect intelligent extraterrestrial life: g03 6/8 16-17; g00 8/8 28; g93 5/22 28

electromagnetic spectrum: g96 3/8 12, 15

use of components: g96 3/8 12-14

Greece (ancient):

Antikythera Mechanism: g 3/09 24-26; g 9/07 21

Aristotle: wp18.1 6; w11 7/1 24-28; w05 4/1 4-5; ba 19-20; g90 8/8 14-15

Eratosthenes calculates earth’s circumference: g04 6/22 13

hobby: g96 8/8 25-27

India:

observatories built by Jai Singh (1724): g05 7/8 18-20

meaning of terms: g 8/09 17

motion of stars and planets:

Copernicus, Nicolaus: w05 4/1 3; g05 7/22 14-17; w95 12/1 3-5; g93 5/22 14

Galileo: g 6/15 10-11; w05 4/1 3-5; g03 4/22 11-13; ba 4-5; w91 12/15 22-24

Kepler, Johannes: g05 3/8 24-27; g05 12/22 30

Ptolemy, Claudius: w15 6/1 6; g96 1/22 4; g93 5/22 14

number of moons in solar system: g04 8/8 28

number of stars visible from earth by telescope: w04 6/1 11; g04 4/22 28

number of stars visible to unaided eye: it-2 1032; g88 4/8 25

Peru (ancient): g 2/08 29

planets orbiting stars other than our sun: w07 2/15 4; g00 6/22 28; g99 3/8 28

position of solar system ideal for: w07 2/15 7

precession of the equinoxes: it-2 1240; w88 1/15 7

sky maps (star charts): g00 1/22 25-27

largest (1990): g90 5/8 29

sun studies: g90 3/8 22-27

United States:

Hubble, Edwin: g 8/09 16-17

whether Abraham was an astronomer: g88 4/8 25

zodiacal zone: it-2 1240