List of 2010 Astronomy Cast episodes
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This is a list of Astronomy Cast
episodes released in 2010, with links to relevant Wikipedia articles.
Astronomy Cast
Astronomy Cast is an educational nonprofit podcast discussing various topics in the field of astronomy. The specific subject matter of each episode shifts from week to week, ranging from planets and stars to cosmology and mythbusting...
episodes released in 2010, with links to relevant Wikipedia articles.
| Episode | Subject | Date |
|---|---|---|
| #171 | Solar System Solar System The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun... Movements And Positions |
January 4, 2010 |
| #172 | William Herschel William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19... |
January 11, 2010 |
| #173 | Herschel Space Observatory Herschel Space Observatory The Herschel Space Observatory is a European Space Agency space observatory sensitive to the far infrared and submillimetre wavebands. It is the largest space telescope ever launched, carrying a single mirror of in diameter.... |
February 18, 2010 |
| #174 | Mysteries of the Solar System, Part 1 | February 25, 2010 |
| #175 | Mysteries of the Solar System, Part 2 | March 2, 2010 |
| #176 | Mysteries of the Milky Way Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System. This name derives from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky... , Part 1 |
March 14, 2010 |
| #177 | Mysteries of the Milky Way, Part 2 | March 19, 2010 |
| #178 | Mysteries of the Universe Universe The Universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists, including all matter and energy, the planets, stars, galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space. Definitions and usage vary and similar terms include the cosmos, the world and nature... , Part 1 |
April 7, 2010 |
| #179 | Mysteries of the Universe, Part 2 | April 10, 2010 |
| #180 | Albedo Albedo Albedo , or reflection coefficient, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is defined as the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it... |
April 17, 2010 |
| #181 | Rotation | April 21, 2010 |
| #182 | Astrometry Astrometry Astrometry is the branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. The information obtained by astrometric measurements provides information on the kinematics and physical origin of our Solar System and our Galaxy, the Milky... |
April 29, 2010 |
| #183 | History of Astronomy History of astronomy Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, and astrological practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy, and not... , Part 1: The Ancient Astronomers |
May 10, 2010 |
| #184 | History of Astronomy, Part 2: The Greeks Greek astronomy Greek astronomy is astronomy written in the Greek language in classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Greco-Roman, and Late Antiquity eras. It is not limited geographically to Greece or to ethnic Greeks, as the Greek language had become the... |
May 10, 2010 |
| #185 | History of Astronomy, Part 3: The Renaissance | May 27, 2010 |
| #186 | History of Astronomy, Part 4: The Beginning of Modern Astronomy | May 27, 2010 |
| #187 | History of Astronomy, Part 5: The 20th Century | June 15, 2010 |
| #188 | The Future of Astronomy | June 15, 2010 |
| #189 | Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican... and his Laws of Planetary Motion Kepler's laws of planetary motion In astronomy, Kepler's laws give a description of the motion of planets around the Sun.Kepler's laws are:#The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.... |
June 29, 2010 |
| #190 | Kepler Mission Kepler Mission The Kepler spacecraft is an American space observatory, the space-based portion of NASA's Kepler Mission to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The spacecraft is named in honor of the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler... |
June 29, 2010 |
| #191 | Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS ) was an Indian origin American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars... |
June 29, 2010 |
| #192 | Chandra X-Ray Observatory Chandra X-ray Observatory The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a satellite launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. It was named in honor of Indian-American physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar who is known for determining the maximum mass for white dwarfs. "Chandra" also means "moon" or "luminous" in Sanskrit.Chandra... |
June 29, 2010 |
| #193 | Astronomy with the Unaided Eye | July 7, 2010 |