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