Newton's Law and Orbital Motion - Unit 4

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Across
  1. 1. The central star of our solar system
  2. 4. The curved path one object takes around another due to gravity
  3. 6. A push or pull that can cause an object to move or stop moving
  4. 9. The “G” in Newton’s equation represents this fixed value
  5. 11. The state when gravity and inertia act together to form an orbit
  6. 12. A vehicle that travels beyond Earth using gravitational calculations
  7. 13. The amount of matter in an object
  8. 15. The oval shape of most planetary orbits
  9. 19. The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion
  10. 20. What scientists can do with Newton’s law to anticipate motion
  11. 21. The scientist who developed the Law of Universal Gravitation
  12. 23. A group of related parts working together (like the solar system)
Down
  1. 2. Describes a law that applies everywhere in the cosmos
  2. 3. How far apart two objects are from one another
  3. 5. A force directed toward the center of a circular path
  4. 7. A large body that orbits a star
  5. 8. The force of gravity acting on an object’s mass
  6. 10. An object that stays in orbit because of gravity and inertia
  7. 14. How fast an object moves in its path
  8. 16. The point toward which centripetal force is directed
  9. 17. The force that pulls objects with mass toward each other
  10. 18. A change in position over time
  11. 22. The ability to do work or cause change; conserved in motion