| About the Authors |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Activity 1 The Celestial Sphere and Sky Maps |
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Activity 2 Designing a Scale Model of the Solar System |
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7 | (6) |
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Activity 3 Where on Earth Are You? |
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13 | (4) |
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Activity 4 Studying the Phases of the Moon |
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17 | (4) |
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Activity 5 Working with Kepler's Laws |
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21 | (4) |
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Activity 6 Extraterrestrial Tourism |
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25 | (8) |
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Activity 7 Light and Spectra |
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33 | (6) |
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Activity 8 Deciding Where to Put the Telescope |
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39 | (4) |
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Activity 9 51 Pegasi---the Discovery of a New Planet |
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43 | (6) |
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Activity 10 Ranking the Steps of Planet Formation |
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49 | (4) |
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Activity 11 Finding Surface Ages from Crater Counts |
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53 | (6) |
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Activity 12 Planning a Manned Mission to Mars |
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59 | (6) |
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Activity 13 Planetary Climates |
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65 | (6) |
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Activity 14 Comparing Storms on Jupiter and Earth |
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71 | (4) |
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Activity 15 Analyzing Saturn's Ring Particles |
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75 | (6) |
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Activity 16 Investigating Moons of the Giant Planets |
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81 | (6) |
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Activity 17 Classifying Meteorites |
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87 | (4) |
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Activity 18 Spectral Classification of Stars |
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91 | (6) |
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Activity 19 Finding Distances to Stars Using Parallax Measurements |
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97 | (4) |
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Activity 20 Analyzing a Solar Coronal Mass Ejection |
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101 | (4) |
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Activity 21 Understanding the Evolution of the Sun |
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105 | (6) |
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Activity 22 The Stuff between the Stars |
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111 | (4) |
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Activity 23 Investigating the Crab Nebula and Pulsar |
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115 | (4) |
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Activity 24 The Life and Death of Massive Stars |
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119 | (6) |
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Activity 25 Determining Ages of Star Clusters |
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125 | (6) |
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Activity 26 Bent Space and Black Holes |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (6) |
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Activity 28 Light Travel Time and the Size of a Quasar |
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141 | (4) |
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Activity 29 The Distance to the Center of the Galaxy |
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145 | (6) |
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Activity 30 Finding the Age of the Universe |
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151 | (8) |
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Activity 31 Gravitational Waves and Merging Black Holes |
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159 | (6) |
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Activity 32 The Hubble Deep Field North |
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165 | (6) |
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Activity 33 Calculating the Mass of the Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy |
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171 | (4) |
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Activity 34 Timing from the Big Bang to Today |
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175 | (6) |
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Activity 35 Finding Habitable Worlds beyond Earth |
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181 | (6) |
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Activity 36 A Cosmic Calendar |
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| Appendix |
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1 | (1) |
| Glossary |
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| Credits |
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1 | (1) |
| Index |
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