Solar System
Across
- 1. a model that believes that the earth is the center of the universe " earth centered model"
- 2. path of one object in space around another
- 5. giants, the name given to the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune)
- 7. Egyptian astronomer , who believed the earth was the center of universe
- 8. a scientist who studies the universe beyond Earth
- 10. ,objects that revolve around the sun that are too small to be considered planets
- 12. any object that resolves around another objects in space
- 14. a Greek astronomer, who believed the Earth was the center of universe
- 15. a Italian astronomer, first one to create and use a telescope at night to observe night sky
- 18. burning meteoroid that shows a streak of light
Down
- 1. force of attraction between objects
- 3. planets, name given to to the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars)
- 4. a Polish astronomer, who put the sun as the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around it
- 6. a meteoroid that has fallen to earth
- 9. a chuck of rock or dust in space or Earth's atmosphere
- 11. the study of the moon , stars, and other objects in space
- 13. a model that believes that the sun is the center of the universe. " sun centered model"
- 16. belt, these are large rocky objects found mostly between the Mars & Jupiter
- 17. particles of dust, ice and gases orbiting the sun