Space Exploration Vocabs
Across
- 2. the lens through where you view a magnified object using a telescope
- 3. determines the fineness of detail a telescope can produce of an object in view
- 4. a model of the universe that places earth in the center with the sun, moon, and plants revolving around it
- 6. group of stars that makes pattern that appear like objects
- 7. all objects seen in the sky
- 10. a telescope that has a mirror for its objective
- 12. locates a celestial body relative to a fixed earth
- 15. celestial bodies in our solar system
- 16. a telescope that has a lens for the objective
- 18. a model of the universe that places earth at the center with the sun, moon, and planets revolving around it
- 20. the angle measured above the horizon in degrees
- 21. a figure that looks like a squashed circle
Down
- 1. set of any axes used to describe the position or the motions of things
- 5. Newton's law state that all objects attract all other objects; and provides an explanation for the planets elliptical orbits
- 8. the angle measured clock-wise from north
- 9. the lens through where you view a magnified object using a telescope
- 11. a model of the universe that places the sun at the center with earth, moon, and planets revolving around it
- 13. the large lens at the front of a telescope
- 14. a model of the universe that places the sun at the center with earth, moon, and planets revolving aroung it
- 17. device used to measure the altitude of an object
- 19. device used to measure an objects azimuth