Gravitation
Across
- 2. First planet discovered with the use of a telescope.
- 5. It has no moons or rings.
- 6. Closest star system and planetary system to Earth's solar system.
- 8. The time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.
- 10. Largest planet in our solar system.
- 12. Shape of Earth's orbit around the sun.
- 15. Closest planet to the sun.
- 17. Reddish, terrestrial planet.
- 19. Object with an orbital period the same as the Earth's rotation period.
- 20. Speed needed by an object to break free of a planet or moon's gravity well and leave it without further propulsion.
Down
- 1. Free fall acceleration of an object in a vacuum.
- 3. Property of the motion of a body traveling a circular path, directed radially toward the centre of the circle.
- 4. SI unit for distance.
- 7. Planet named after the Roman god of the sea.
- 9. A body intentionally placed in orbit around the earth or another planet.
- 11. SI unit for force.
- 13. SI unit for time.
- 14. Speed at which an object orbits a more massive central object.
- 16. It has more moons than any other planet.
- 18. First artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.