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Revision Notes
Earth + Space
Universe 14000myo
Galaxies – star collections
(Milky Way)
Solar system 5000myo
Created when dust and gas
pulled together by gravity
making clumps….
Sun is a star;
Made of hot gases
Dating the Earth
Government Actions;
Geohazard prediction technology
Educate people in what to do.
Parallax;
The shift of an object against a more distant background.
Further away the less it shifts. Used to measure distance to
stars.
Brightness;
Nearer an object (star) the brighter it is.
Light-year;
Distance that light travels in a year.
Exoplanets;
A planet of any star apart from the Sun. Around 130 at the
moment – could they sustain life?
Formation of the
Universe