Space Vocabulary Topics 1+2
Across
- 4. Another term for geocentric
- 5. Large lens at the front of a telescope
- 9. Model of the universe that has the Sun in the centre with the planets and moons around it
- 10. Set of axes of any kind that is used to describe all positions or motions of things
- 12. Another term for ocular lens
- 14. Figure that looks like a squashed circle
- 15. Model of the universe that has Earth in the centre with the Sun, Moon and planets around it
- 16. The angle measured above the horizon in degrees when measuring altitude-azimuth coordinates
- 17. Lens through which you view a magnified object using a telescope
- 18. Celestial bodies in our solar system that orbit the sun
- 19. Coordinates Locate a celestial body relative to a fixed Earth(as long as the celestial bodies are circling the Earth)
- 20. Another term for heliocentric
Down
- 1. Device used to measure an objects azimuth
- 2. When a ray of light hits an object but doesn't go through it but still changes direction
- 3. Determines the fineness of detail a telescope can produce of an object in view
- 6. When a ray of light goes through an object and changes direction
- 7. Law that states all objects attract all other objects, explains the planets elliptical orbits
- 8. Groupings of stars that form patterns
- 11. All objects seen in the sky
- 13. Device used to measure the altitude of an object
- 19. The angle measured clockwise from north when measuring altitude-azimuth coordinates