Galileo’s telescopic discovery of moons orbiting Jupiter was important because it showed that

The Moon always keeps the same side facing Earth.

The radiation emitted from a star has a maximum intensity at a wavelength of 500 nm. What is the temperature of this star?

The point in Earth’s orbit where Earth is farthest from the Sun is known as

The wavelength of the hydrogen line from level 1 to level 2 in a hot star is ____________ the wavelength of the same line in a cool star. The stars have the same radial velocities away from Earth.

An apparent westward motion of a planet in the sky compared to the background stars (as viewed from Earth) when observed on successive nights is referred to as

____ is the point in Earth’s orbit where Earth is closest to the Sun.

Parallax is the apparent change in location of an object due to the motion of the observer.

The energy of a photon

The eccentricity of a planet’s orbit describes