History of Astronomy
Across
- 5. Theory that says Earth revolves around the Sun
- 7. group of stars in a pattern or shape
- 10. What the Greek word "planet" means
- 12. Penzias and _____ discovered background radiation
- 13. study of outer space
- 14. Galileo observed this planet's moons in detail
- 15. scientist who discovered lots of galaxies
Down
- 1. shape of planets' orbits
- 2. wrote the 3 laws of planetary motion
- 3. similar to astronomy, but thinks space directly impacts humans
- 4. Theory that says the Earth is the center
- 6. motion when a planet seems to travel backwards from our perspective on Earth
- 8. Big ____ Theory that explains start of the universe
- 9. explained the heliocentric model
- 11. The shape of the Earth