revolution articles
What term describes the motion of an object tracing a curved path around a larger body due to gravity?
What shape does the Earth follow as its path of revolution around the Sun?
What is the specific term for the point in Earth's revolution when it is farthest from the Sun?
What causes the Earth to have an equatorial bulge, making it an oblate spheroid?
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one full revolution around the Sun, relative to distant stars?
Which measure of a day is shorter because it measures rotation $360$ degrees relative to the distant, fixed celestial reference frame?
What long-term, slow wobble of the Earth's axis takes approximately $26,000$ years to complete a cycle?
The apparent shift in the positions of nearby stars over months, used to verify Earth's orbit, is known as what?
The Coriolis effect causes objects moving long distances in the Southern Hemisphere to veer in which direction?
What causes the true solar day to lengthen slightly when Earth is near perihelion?
What cosmological model ruled the world before the telescope?
To whom is the invention of the telescope often attributed around 1608?
What was the approximate maximum magnification Galileo achieved after refining the telescope design?
What did Galileo observe about the Moon that contradicted the accepted doctrine?
In which 1610 publication did Galileo chronicle his observations of bodies orbiting Jupiter?
What significant observation provided powerful evidence against the geocentric model by showing objects that did not revolve around the Earth?
What specific observation by Galileo demonstrated that Venus must orbit the Sun?
What established distinction was shattered by the observation that the Moon resembled the Earth?
Besides celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, what other observation about the Sun itself indicated the heavens were dynamic?
What did turning the telescope toward the Milky Way imply about the universe's scale?
What methodological shift is considered the most enduring legacy of the telescope's introduction to science?
What is the precise length of one full rotation of the Earth relative to distant stars (a sidereal day)?
What physical effect is directly generated by the Earth's rotation on its axis?
In which direction does the Earth rotate on its axis?
What is the primary cause of the distinct seasons experienced across the globe?
Where is the rotational speed of the Earth's surface the greatest?
What defines the length of the Earth's year?
By what approximate angle is the Earth's axis tilted relative to the plane of the ecliptic?
Why must a leap day be added to the calendar approximately every four years?
What occurs to the Earth's orbital speed when it reaches perihelion?