römer in A Sentence

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    Britax Römer EVOLVA.

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    The Römer was partially destroyed in World War II and later rebuilt.

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    Römer(correctly) theorised that this was because the light reflected from Io wasn't travelling instantaneously.

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    Meaning yes, Römer was only wrong because other people weren't as awesome at science as he was.

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    According to NASA,"that gave Römer convincing evidence that light spread in space with a certain velocity.".

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    The flexibility in terms of fitting options for the Britax Römer EVOLVA is a huge bonus for me;

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    Christiaan Huygens later converted this to more commonplace numbers, showing that by Römer's estimation, light traveled at about 220,000 kilometres per second.

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    Specifically, while studying one of Jupiter's moons, Römer noticed that the time between eclipses would vary throughout the year(based on whether the Earth was moving towards Jupiter or away from it).

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    Curious about this, Römer began taking careful notes about the time I0(the moon he was observing) would come into view and how it correlated to the time it was usually expected.

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    When Römer's colleagues almost universally expressed doubt in his theory about Io, Römer responded by calmly telling them that Io's 9th of November eclipse in 1676 was going to be 10 minutes late.

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    Over the course of several months, as Io passed behind the giant gas planet, Römer found that the eclipses came later than calculations anticipated, although over the course of several months, they drew closer to the predictions.

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    After a while, Römer noticed that as the Earth orbited the sun and in turn got further away from Jupiter, the time Io would come into view would lag behind the expected time written down in his notes.

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    Römer's colleagues were right to be astounded in his estimation, as even today, his estimation of the speed of light is considered to be amazingly accurate, considering it was made 300 years before the existence of both lasers, the internet, and Conan O'Brien's hair.

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    Unfortunately, the exact calculations he used were lost in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728, but we have a pretty good account of things from news stories covering his discovery and from other scientists around that time who used Römer's numbers in their own work.

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    One of the main ways in which the Britax Römer EVOLVA car seat makes my life easier is its durability- it can be used from nine-months-old to 12 years and for me, this saves both money and the time I would spend hunting for a new car seat.

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    What's even more amazing is that the reason for Römer's estimation being a little too slow is thought to have less to do with any mistake on his part and more to do with the fact that the commonly accepted diameter of the Earth's and Jupiter's orbits were off when Römer did his calculations.

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