You should understand the words and concepts listed here:
- equator
- poles (North Pole, South Pole)
- latitude
- longitude
- meridian
- celestial sphere
- celestial equatior
- celestial poles
- celestial coordinates
- declination
- right ascension
- zenith
- azimuth
- horizon
- transit
- rotation
- revolution
- constellation
- ecliptic
- equinox (spring, fall)
- solstice (winter, summer) (December, June)
- year
- tropical year
- sidereal year
- precession
- day
- triangulation
- parallax
- baseline
This is a fairly long list, but I have arranged the terms into logical
clusters associated with the various ideas introduced in the chapter -- try to
see if you can recognize the clusters.
The URL for this page is
http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/physics/m.vaughn/PHYU111_F07/vocabulary_0.html
posted 31 August 2007