Space Exploration Vocabs
Across
- 1. A device used to measure the altitude of an object.
- 2. The large lens at the front of a telescope.
- 3. Newton's law that states all objects attract all other objects.
- 5. A model of the universe that places earth at the center.
- 6. The angle measured clock-wise from north when measuring altitude-azimuth co-ordinates.
- 7. All objects see in the sky.
- 10. The angle measured above the horizon in degrees when measuring altitude-azimuth co-ordinates.
- 12. Another word that means the same as Sun-centered.
- 14. Set of axes that is used to describe the potions or motion of things.
- 16. Determines the fineness of detail a telescope can produce of an object in view.
- 18. Celestial bodies in our solar system.
- 19. Another word for ocular lens.
Down
- 1. Locate a celestial body relative to a fixed earth.
- 4. The lens through which you view a magnified object using a telescope.
- 8. A figure that looks like a squashed circle.
- 9. A model of the universe that places the sun at the center.
- 11. Grouping of stars that from patterns like objects.
- 13. To cast back (heat, light, sound) from a surface.
- 15. A device used to measure an objects azimuth.
- 16. The change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat passing from one medium to another.
- 17. Another word that has the same meaning as Earth-centered.