ASTRONOMY
(See also Comets; Eclipse; Galaxies; Heaven[s]; Observatory; Palomar, Mount; Planets; Radio Telescope; Solar System; Stars; Telescopes; Universe; individual bodies by name)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
asteroids: g79 8/8 29; g78 6/22 20; g74 1/8 12; g65 12/22 30; w62 620; tc 21; g51 6/8 19-20; g32 2/17 301-302
discovery of 1976 AA: g76 3/22 30-31
Eros: g75 8/22 14-15
inside earth’s orbit: g77 1/8 30
aurora borealis: g58 6/22 15; g49 7/8 13-15; g44 4/26 22
Babylon: g74 4/8 23; ad 178; g63 4/22 14; w61 27; g57 6/22 3; g53 6/22 10
belief that life on earth may be unique: g81 2/22 10, 12; w79 9/1 15
Bible:
astronomical events in, questioned by some: g74 1/8 14-15
confirmed by: g84 9/22 8-10; w81 2/15 3; g81 2/22 8-14; w80 10/1 10-11; is 11-22; w65 232; g63 4/22 20-21; w62 426; g59 6/22 6; g58 9/22 7; bn 22
black holes: g74 1/8 14
book God and the Astronomers: g80 10/22 9
charts:
equinoxes: g35 3/13 363-364
lunar months: g35 3/13 370-379; g35 3/27 414
Passover, 28 to 34 C.E.: w59 492
comets: g78 6/22 18, 20; g77 10/22 30; g73 8/8 30; g68 10/22 7; g66 2/22 29; g65 12/8 29; w59 529; g58 2/22 11; w50 376; g48 2/8 11; g31 4/1 432
discussion: g85 11/8 15-16
Halley’s comet: g85 11/8 12-16
Kohoutek: w74 40
one strikes the sun: g82 2/22 29
satellite intercepts tail: g85 12/8 29
Tempel-2 with long tail: g83 10/22 30-31
constellations: g75 6/22 18; ad 1125; w62 293; g62 8/22 17-18
Ash constellation: ad 143
Kesil constellation: ad 989
Kimah constellation: ad 992
Mazzaroth constellation: ad 1125
death of Jesus:
darkness not the result of solar eclipse: g77 5/8 19; ad 1559; w65 736
discussion: g84 3/22 15-18; g78 2/22 17-20
Drake, Frank: g81 2/22 7
Earth: g70 5/22 19; w61 113, 426; g58 2/22 10; g52 2/8 18-20; g52 6/22 6-7; g46 12/22 27; g45 8/29 5-6; g40 12/25 15; g34 12/5 154; g32 2/17 297-300; g31 4/1 424, 428; g31 9/30 850-852
eclipses: g78 2/22 20; g77 5/8 16-19; g73 8/8 30; ad 331; g70 4/22 31; g70 5/22 17-19; w69 184-186; w65 736; g54 6/22 9-11; g31 4/1 431-432
Egypt (ancient): w68 681
equinoxes: g35 3/13 362-365
evolutionists’ problems: g75 6/22 18
galaxies: ce 116-120; g78 2/22 17, 19-20; w77 429; g75 6/22 16-19; g75 8/22 31; g71 2/22 31; g65 4/8 13; g65 6/8 30; g63 10/8 3-4; g62 8/22 19-20; w61 113, 426-427; g58 2/22 10-11; g58 11/8 15-16; w53 208; g51 6/8 18-19
Andromeda: ce 118-119
discovery of previously unknown galaxy: g76 1/8 30
Milky Way: ce 116-118
number: ce 118; hp 18; g80 10/22 4; w78 1/15 4-5
radio-telescope picture of: g71 11/22 30
Gilead observatory: jp 264; g56 2/22 13-15
gravitation: g78 6/22 19; g32 8/17 707-710; g31 9/30 850-852
“hole” in space: g81 12/22 29
Hoyle, Fred:
book Lifecloud: g81 4/8 29
International Geophysical Year: g58 6/22 13-16
Jastrow, Robert: w81 2/15 3; g81 2/22 11-12
Jupiter: g80 1/8 29; g79 6/8 29; g78 2/22 19; g75 8/22 13-14; w65 476; bf 331; g47 7/22 23; g32 2/17 302; g31 4/1 430
moons: g80 12/22 30
volcano on moon Io: g84 3/22 18
Kepler’s laws: g78 6/22 17-20
largest known object: g75 4/8 30
light: g32 2/17 291-304
light-year: g78 2/22 17
Lovell, Sir Bernard: w81 2/15 3
man-made satellites: g78 2/22 20
Mars: g84 3/22 18; g79 4/8 30; g78 2/22 19; g75 8/22 14; w65 476; bf 331; w62 151; w50 374; g32 2/17 300-301; g31 4/1 429-430
moons: g77 5/8 29
Mayan: g68 1/22 23
Mercury: g75 8/22 13; w65 476; bf 331; w50 374; g32 2/17 297; g32 8/17 707; g31 4/1 427
meteorites: g83 3/8 29; g76 6/22 29; ev 94-95; g61 8/22 30; g61 10/22 29
meteors: g78 2/22 20; g74 5/22 31; g70 2/8 6-7; g69 3/8 29; w68 751; g67 1/8 30-31; g62 8/8 23, 29-30; g51 6/8 19; g44 9/13 2; g31 4/1 432-434
Milky Way: g80 10/22 4; w78 1/15 4; w77 429; g75 6/22 17-18; g63 10/8 4; g62 8/22 17-19; w61 113, 426; g59 6/22 19; g58 11/8 16; g51 6/8 18-20; g48 2/8 11
number of stars: hp 18
Moon: g78 2/22 18-19; w74 295; w72 293; g72 1/22 30; g70 11/22 19; w69 74, 185-186; g69 6/8 26; g69 11/22 5-6; g67 6/22 29; g66 5/22 29; g64 9/22 29; g60 5/8 30; g59 4/22 20; g54 10/22 15; w50 373-375; g35 3/13 355-380; g32 2/17 297-299; g32 8/17 708-710; g31 4/1 424-427
quasi moon: g71 11/22 30
Neptune: g81 3/22 29; g66 8/8 5-6; g58 11/8 12; g47 9/8 27; g32 2/17 303; g32 8/17 707; g31 4/1 431
newfound body in space (planetoid): g78 1/22 29
Newton, Sir Isaac:
universal gravitation: g78 6/22 19
origin of: g63 4/22 14-15, 17
parsec: g62 8/22 18; g36 12/2 159
photography: g71 11/22 30; g51 6/8 17-20
planet or brown dwarf star in constellation Ophiuchus: g85 3/8 29
Pluto: g79 2/8 29; g79 4/8 30; w66 159-160; im 11
diameter and density: g80 5/22 29
moon: g78 9/22 29-30
pollution from city lights: g84 11/8 31
proof of God’s existence: hp 18-20; g80 10/22 9-10; g79 4/8 5; g75 6/22 18
planetary movements support conclusion a lawgiver exists: g78 6/22 18-20
Ptolemy’s observations in doubt: w77 747
pyramid of Giza: w56 300
Pythagoras: g56 3/22 23
Sagan, Carl: g81 2/22 7
Saturn: g79 6/8 29; g78 2/22 19; g75 8/22 15-16; w66 159-160; w65 476; bf 331; g56 7/8 13-14; g47 9/8 27; g37 9/8 799; g32 2/17 302-303
search for life in outer space: w84 10/15 26; g81 2/22 5-10, 14
solar system: g75 6/22 17; w61 113; g32 2/17 296-303
illustration: ce 120-121
movement of planets: g78 6/22 16-20
number of moons: g79 8/8 29
stars: g79 4/8 5; g78 2/22 19-20; g75 6/22 17-18; g75 8/22 31; ad 1551-1553; g69 3/22 29; g68 8/22 16; g68 12/22 25; g65 10/22 31; g63 6/8 30; w62 293-294; g61 7/22 29; g58 2/22 9-12; g58 11/8 13-15; w50 376; g49 2/22 8; g47 9/8 28; g31 4/1 434-436
Antares: g63 10/8 4; w61 426; w50 376
Arcturus: g71 1/8 8; w50 376
discovery of objects orbiting: g83 12/22 29
discussion: g84 9/22 4-6, 8-9
identifying stars of northern sky: g77 7/8 16-19
pulsars: g84 3/22 17; g84 9/22 9; g81 2/22 8; g74 1/8 14; g72 9/22 31
quasars: g84 3/22 16-17; g74 1/8 13-14; g71 5/8 29; g71 6/8 29; g68 3/22 11; w65 741
R136a: g84 3/22 18
size: g84 3/22 18
Sumerians: g63 4/22 14
Sun: g84 3/22 18; g81 2/22 9; g78 2/22 18
telescopes: g78 2/22 18; g72 12/22 24-26; g71 8/8 30
balloon-mounted: g64 1/22 30
largest: g78 10/22 31; g77 1/22 29; g74 12/22 30
Mount Palomar: g51 6/8 17-20; el 21; g48 8/22 8-12, 26-28
multiple: g78 10/22 31
radio telescopes: g84 3/22 16; g71 11/22 30; g68 3/22 9-11; g66 12/22 31; g64 2/22 30-31; g64 9/8 5-6; g62 11/8 29; g59 6/22 16-19; g58 2/22 10; w57 419; g54 12/8 9-13; g48 12/8 24
satellite-mounted: g66 5/22 29; g65 4/8 14
UFO’s: g70 2/8 3-9; g66 6/22 3-4
universe: g84 3/8 30; g84 3/22 15-18; g81 2/22 11-14; g79 4/8 5; g75 6/22 16-19; g65 11/22 30; g62 8/22 17-20; g58 11/8 12-16; w56 721-722; g51 6/8 17-20
age of: g80 2/8 29
big bang theory: ce 126-127, 202; g84 3/22 17; hp 18; g80 10/22 9, 20; w76 71
destruction-of-universe theory: g84 3/8 30; w76 71
evidence of Creator: ce 115-118, 120-127
expanding universe that will not destroy itself “a terrible surprise” to astronomers: w76 71
inflationary universe theory: w83 7/15 10
origin-of-universe theories: w75 200; g75 6/22 19; g75 12/22 29
size: ce 116-120
Uranus: w66 159-160; g66 8/8 5; g32 2/17 303; g31 4/1 431
rings: g78 4/8 30
Venus: g79 2/22 29; w78 11/15 12; g78 2/22 19; g75 8/22 12-13; g75 12/22 29; g71 3/8 30-31; g69 1/8 8; w65 476; bf 331; g63 4/22 30; w50 374; g32 2/17 297; g31 4/1 427-428
clouds: g76 8/22 29
Quotations
assumption that we are the only civilization in the whole universe is now much more valid: g81 2/22 10
astronomers did not expect to find evidence for an abrupt beginning of world: g79 1/22 29-30
civilized life on earth may even be unique: g81 2/22 10
harmony of natural law reveals an intelligence of superiority compared with human thinking: w81 2/15 3
new evidence that the Universe will continue to expand forever: g84 3/8 30
our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren: w78 7/15 18
science has proved that the Universe exploded into being at a certain moment: g81 2/22 11
sun most likely a rare exception in the stellar world: g81 2/22 9
we see how the astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world: g81 2/22 11-12