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2. 88 Officially Recognized Constellations - NASA

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   Learn about the 88 officially recognized constellations and their significance in astronomy on NASA's webpage.

3. What are constellations? - NASA

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   Constellations can be a useful way to help identify positions of stars in the sky. Constellations have imaginary boundaries formed by "connecting the dots" and all the stars within those boundaries are labeled with the name of that constellation.

4. Constellations - NASA

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   2. Read several short examples of myths explaining constellations. There are several short myths on-line in the Universe activity section of StarChild. For a longer, more in-depth introduction, read a book such as Quillworker: A Cheyenne Legend by Terri Cohlene. 3. Show picture examples of constellations. Materials: • 8.5 by 11 white paper

5. StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - NASA

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   This site is intended for students in grades K through 8. StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers ages 5-13 to learn about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and the universe beyond.

6. Who figured out the Earth is round? - NASA

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   Around 350 BC, the great Aristotle declared that the Earth was a sphere (based on observations he made about which constellations you could see in the sky as you travelled further and further away from the equator) and during the next hundred years or so, Aristarchus and Eratosthenes actually measured the size of the Earth!

7. How do planets and their moons get their names? - NASA

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   StarChild Question of the Month for August 2002 Question: How do planets and their moons get their names? Answer:

8. Can you see other galaxies without a telescope? - NASA

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   Here is where to look during the month of November: Start at the northeast corner of the Great Square of Pagasus - the constellation Andromeda forms a "handle" attached to the northeast corner of the "bowl" formed by the Great Square.

9. StarChild: The Solar System - NASA

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   What is the solar system? It is our Sun and everything that travels around it. Our solar system is elliptical in shape.

10. What causes a "falling star"? - NASA

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    It is important to understand that the meteoroids (and therefore the meteors) do not really originate from the constellations or any of the stars in the constellations, however. They just seem to come from that part of the sky because of the way the Earth encounters the particles moving in the path of the comet's orbit.

11. StarChild: The Solar System - NASA

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    The words " solar system" refer to the Sun and all of the objects that travel around it.These objects include planets, natural satellites such as the Moon, the asteroid belt, comets, and meteoroids.