Astronomy Topic 5, Part 2
Across
- 1. A greek who split the world into imperfect Earth and perfect heavens
- 3. The Egyptians built these to align with the stars
- 6. Ptolemy used this to explain retrograde motion
- 8. Planets that are closer to the Sun than the Earth
- 9. Causes misalignement of monuments over 26000 years
- 11. The Earth is between the Sun and a Superior planet
- 12. Reintroduced heliocentric theories on his deathbed
- 13. Ptolemy's 'circles' moved along this main orbital path
- 15. Observed the moons of Jupiter and phases of Venus
- 16. An (distant) object is totally blocked by another body
- 18. A planet lies on the furthest side of the Sun to the Earth
- 20. Used his mentors maths to create the Laws of Planetary Motion
- 22. A 90 degree angle is formed between the inferior planet, the Sun and the Earth
Down
- 2. The Sun is between an inferior planet and the Earth
- 4. An inferior planet is between the Sun and the Earth
- 5. The accepted model of the Solar System
- 7. The object moves across the Sun in its orbit, as seen from Earth
- 10. The Earth's wobble is caused by the Sun, Jupiter and...
- 14. Ptolemy's model included an off centre Earth and an...
- 17. Made observations of Mars over 20 years
- 19. Planets that are further from the Sun than the Earth
- 21. Ancient Britons built this as calendar to align with the direction of the Summer Solstice sunrise