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A unified geologic time scale

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

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Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601) Born into a noble family in the Sixteenth century in an area called Scania (now a part of modern-day Sweden), Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe) is a well known astronomer, renowned for his accurate planetary observations and recordings.

Brahe lived a colourful life in his castle, often indulging in large banquets with musicians and jesters. He lost both his nose and his life through strange events (more on that later), however more importantly, he was an avid astronomer of his time, and his findings have helped expand modern day astronomy. In the year 1572, Brahe famously witnessed an event that would shake the unchanging Aristotelian view of the universe that prevailed in the sixteenth century. Termed a "nova", meaning new star, we now know of this event as a supernova, an exploding super massive star. Brahe witnessed a bright new object which appeared in the night sky, and lasted for eighteen months before slowly fading away. The remnants of this supernova are visible by telescopes of the modern era, and is known as SN1572 (otherwise known as Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova, or B Cassiopeiae), once a brilliant star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The observations of Brahe suggested that this 'new' star did not change positions in respect to the other stars- providing evidence that not everything in the heavens was immutable. In the year 1577, Brahe carefully observed a comet, which he was able to determine was further away than the moon, by measuring the parallax of the comet. According to the teachings of Aristotle, the common belief was that comets were simply gases burning in the atmosphere/atmospheric phenomena. The entire night sky was believed to be an unchanging celestial sphere, and Brahe helped to show that this object represented a change in the sphere; an object not attached to the crystal sphere, but instead which moved around in empty space. This lead him to create new means for measuring stellar parallax, of which he found none, leading him to conclude that either the Earth was motionless in the centre of the universe, or that the stars were too far away to measure parallax. However, Brahe did not believe the latter and thus concluded that Earth was indeed, at the centre of the universe. (which we know today is not the case). Brahe studied the stars during a time before the telescope was invented by Galileo Galilei early in the 1600's, and he built his first instrument in 1564, to measure the positions and motions of celestial objects with the greatest accuracy. Following this, he started to design his own instruments and devices, which included large sextants, quadrants and a globe that depicted the position of the stars as seen from Earth. Brahe compiled a catalogue of 1004 stars in great accuracy using his new instruments. He was able to depict that the stars were much further away than the planets, and he accurately measured the position and motion of Mars. Later on, Johannes Kepler used this motion to deduce his three laws of planetary motion, with one stating that all planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun. Furthermore, Brahe proposed a model of the Solar System that was in between the current Ptolemaic and Copernican models, and had Earth at the centre. This model, although incorrect, was widely accepted for some time. Brahe had terrible luck. He lost his nose in a feud over a mathematical formula in his twenties; and lost his life from a bladder infection he got at a banquet in Prague in 1601. During banquets of this time, it was often frowned upon to relieve ones self until after, and so Brahe held it in until the banquet had finished. After eleven days of excruciating pain and problems urinating, he passed away from a bladder infection. Although Brahe was not always correct in his observations, his active studies of the universe lead to the development of modern day astronomy. A great legacy remains to this day for Mr. Brahe. The crater Tycho on the Moon is named after him, as is the crater Tycho Brahe on Mars. There is also a Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen. M/F Tycho Brahe is the name of a ferry that transports passengers between Denmark and Sweden. Furthermore, HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe is a rocket and spacecraft project, being built by Copenhagen Suborbitals, a Danish organization that attempted repeatedly to perform the first amateur crewed spaceflight. -EJ Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/7UJ9Qs Information Sources: http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/brahe.html http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Brahe.html

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It is accordingly no easier for sinners to accept God’s revelation in nature than to accept God’s revelation in Scripture. They are no more ready of themselves to do the one than to do the other. From the point of view of the sinner, theism is as objectionable as Christianity. Theism that is worthy of the name is Christian theism. Christ said that no man can come to the Father but by him. No one can become a theist unless he becomes a Christian. Any God that is not the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not God but an idol. It is therefore the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts that alone effects the required Copernican revolution and makes us both Christians and theists.

Cornelius Van Til, Nature and Scripture

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Carl Wiens, 'Copernican', 2014 Source: http://www.carlwiens.com/home/2014/10/6/raw-data.html

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Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God

By Jan Matejko completed in 1873 made in celebration of Copernicus 400th birthday. Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473. Among many things, Copernicus is famous for the Copernican model of the universe that places the Sun, rather than the Earth at the center of the solar system. More commonly known as Heliocentrism

Matejko produced this 1872 artwork as part of a series of paintings intended to capture and represent key moments in the history of Poland to inspire the public.

Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God

Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God is an Oil on Canvas Painting created by Jan Matejko in 1873. It lives at the Jagiellonian

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We seem to be getting off our pedestal, and yet, sub-atomic particles are undefined until we observe them…

We used to be the centre of the universe. And then Physics and Astronomy showed us we were on one planet in one of many galaxies.

Archaeology and Biology show us we’re a subset of animals that simply happened to evolve the most advanced brains. We’re made of molecules and particles, and energy, just like all other things.

We seem to be getting off our pedestal.

Yet Quantum Physics theories today tell us that properties of sub-atomic particles are undefined until we observe them. That nothing is set until our measurements.

What makes us so special? Is Quantum Physics putting us at the centre of the universe again?

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