Chapter 22.1 Early Astronomy
Across
- 4. He designed and built instruments to measure the locations of the heavenly bodies. His observations, especially of Mars, were far more precise than any made previously.
- 6. Gravitational force _________ as mass of an object increases.
- 7. Orbits of the planets are __________.
- 10. Concluded that Earth is a planet. He proposed a model of the solar system with the sun at the center.
- 11. An ellipse is an _______ shaped path.
- 12. The apparent westward motion of the planets with respect to the stars.
- 15. The three laws of planetary motion
Down
- 1. The average distance between Earth and the sun; it is about 150 million kilometers.
- 2. Developed his own telescope and made important discoveries.
- 3. Ancient
- 5. Earth and the other planets orbit the sun.
- 8. The science that studies the universe. It includes the observation and interpretation of celestial bodies and phenomena.
- 9. Law of universal gravitation
- 13. Model in which the moon, sun, and the known planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter—orbit Earth.
- 14. Gravitational force _________ as distance increases between two objects.