Solar System Review
Across
- 8. model of the solar system with the sun in the center
- 9. exploration technique that takes far away objects and makes them appear closer
- 12. widest point of an ellipse
- 13. planet with the shortest revolution
- 15. the __________ space station
- 16. planet with the longest rotation
- 20. the amount of atoms an object is made of
- 21. focus two represents
- 23. an eccentricity closer to ________ means the shape is more flat
- 24. rotations occur when an object spins around its ______
- 25. an eccentricity closer to _______ means the shape is more round
- 26. cloud of dust and gas
- 27. planet with the longest revolution
- 30. _____% of the dust pulls towards the center of the nebula
- 33. when dust collides it forms small rocky bodies called __________
- 34. model of the solar system with the earth in the center
- 35. there are 8 of these in our solar system
Down
- 1. pluto is classified as this
- 2. shape of an orbit
- 3. the dust and gas of the nebula begins to flatten and thin forming an...
- 4. when distance increases, gravity ________
- 5. robots sent to other planets to collect data
- 6. ratio of focal length and major axis
- 7. the moon is an example of this
- 10. Earth's rotation is equal to one _____
- 11. the force that draws objects towards the center
- 14. when mass increases, gravity _______
- 17. step before planets in the nebular theory
- 18. an object going around another object
- 19. the idea behind the formation of the solar system
- 22. gaseous outer giants
- 28. gravitational pull on mass
- 29. Earth's revolution is equal to one _____
- 31. rocky inner planets
- 32. planet with the shortest rotation