Meteors, Asteroids, and Orbits Review
Across
- 3. this axis is half of the short side of an ellipse
- 5. an oval shape centered on two points
- 8. the farthest point in a planet's orbit to the sun
- 10. this meteor caused a mass extinction event
- 12. the eccentricity of a circle
- 13. this type of force is only attractive
- 15. how flat or round the shape of an ellipse is
Down
- 1. gravitational force is ______ proportional to mass
- 2. Kepler's Law that says planets move in elliptical orbits
- 3. Kepler's Law that says planets sweep equal areas in equal time
- 4. gravitational force is ____ proportional to the square of the distance between two objects
- 6. the closest point in a planet's orbit to the sun
- 7. this axis is half of the long side of an elliptical orbit
- 9. gravitational field strength has units of this
- 11. the center of mass between a planet and sun that both orbit
- 14. the eccentricity of a straight line