CONSTELLATIONS

Over half of the 88 constellations the IAU recognizes today are attributed to ancient Greek, which consolidated the earlier works by the ancient Babylonian, Egyptian and Assyrian.

How can we easily find the constellations? Can they help us orientate?

Constellations are groupings of stars that create recognizable patterns in the sky.

Knowing the constellations in each hemisphere allows navigators to find their way using only the stars.

4 Constellations

Geminis
Piscis
Aries
Sagittarius

Summary of Geminis

In Greek mythology, Gemini was associated with the myth of Castor and Pollux, the children of Leda and Argonauts both. Pollux was the son of Zeus, who seduced Leda, while Castor was the son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta and Leda's husband.

Who discover it?

It was discovered by the Swiss astronomer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745

Solar System

 THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity, in the solar system there are planets, asteroids, and nan planets for example:

-Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto (nan planet), Saturn, the Sun, the Moon, Mercury etc.  

The Solar System is the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it. The Sun is orbited by planets, asteroids, comets and other things.

Compass or Sundial

The Big Bang

 

Timeline Of Famous Astronomers

 

FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS

	Name	Date of birth	Main thinking
Galileo Galilei	Galileo Galilei	Birth: 15th February 1564 Dead: 08th January 1642 (72 years old)	Galileo makes better telescopes. He makes the law of the movement. And he support the revolution of Copernicus
Nicolás Copernicus	Nicolás Copernicus	Birth: 19th February 1473 Dead: 24th May 1543 (70 years old)	Develop the heliocentric theory: he discovered that the Earth evolved around the Sun and not invers, as was believed in his time. Discover that the Earth rotated completely on itself every 24 hours
Charles Messier	Charles Messier Dead	Birth: 26th July 1730 Dead: 12th of  April 1817 (87 years old)	Wen he was looking for the comet Haley, for a error he discovers the crab nebula.
William Herschel	William Herschel	Birth: 15th November 1738  Dead: 25th August 1822 (84 years old)	Mathematicians from the Royal Society concluded that Herschel haddiscovered a new planet, the first not visible to the naked eye and farther from the Sun than Saturn. He discovered around 2,500 nebulas and galaxies.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini	Giovanni Domenico Cassini	Birth: 8 July 1625 Dead: 14 of september of 1712 (87 years old)	Discovered the rotational motion of Jupiter. He calculated the rotation periods of Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. His most important achievement was calculating the distance between the Earth and the Sun.And he calculate the distance of the Earth and Mart.

  

Activity *1 VOCABULARY

ACTIVITY *1

 VOCABULARY

 

Català	Photo	English
Any Lluny	No photo	Light year
Astrònom		Astronomer
Sistema Solar		Solar System
Via Lactea		Milky Way
Planeta		Planet
Espai		Space
Lluna		Moon
Telescopi		Telescope
Sol		Sun
Nova		Nova
Estrella		Star
Constel·lació		Constellation
Meteorit		Meteorite
Asteroide		Asteroid
Satèl·lit		Satellite
Forat negre		Black Hole
Univers		Univers
Galàxia		Galaxy
Big~Bang		Big~Bang
Nau espacial		Spacecraft
Anells de saturn		Saturn rings
Atmosfera		Atmosphere
Gravetat		Gravity