Wednesday, November 21, 2007

ASTRONOMY Q/A #4

1. The parallel of latitude at 23°27 N is the ? Tropic of Cancer

2. The largest of the navigational planets is ? Jupiter

3. The planet Mars will have its greatest magnitude when at ? Opposition


4. Mars is only seen at two phases, one of which ? Is the full phase

5. Mars will not be visible ? At conjunction

6. Opposition occurs when ? The Earth is between a planet and the Sun

7. When a superior planet is at 90° elongation, it is also at ? Quadrature

8. Retrograde motion is the ? Apparent westerly motion of a planet with respect to stars.

9. The spinning motion of a planet around its axis is called ? Rotation

10. After Venus passes the point of greatest elongation east in its orbit, the first position in which the elongation will be zero is ? Inferior conjunction

11.Which is an inferior planet ? Venus

12.Other than the Sun and Moon, the brightest object in the sky is ? Venus

13.What is the brightest navigational planet ? Venus

14.The parallax angle will vary the most with the time of year for ? Venus

15.The planet Venus can be observed in the morning if it is well to the ? West of and higher than the Sun.

16. What celestial body may sometimes be observed in daylight ? Venus

17. The precession of the equinoxes occurs in a ? Westerly direction

18. The precession of the equinoxes of the Earth is ? Similar to a top spinning with its axis tilted.

19."Revolution" is the ? Motion of a celestial body in its orbit

20. The motion of a celestial body in its orbit around another body is known as ? Revolution