Vocabulary and People 28.1
Across
- 1. closest point to the sun in a planets orbit
- 4. furthest point from the sun in a planets orbit
- 6. the backward movement of planets
- 8. found the force of gravity
- 9. the point at which rays of light meet after reflected
- 11. an oval shape that is centered on two points
- 12. found that orbit is elliptical
Down
- 2. the shape uof a planet’s orbit
- 3. discovered the sun was in the center and not the earth
- 5. discovered the heliocentric theory
- 7. earths average distance from the sun
- 10. objects ranging from 1 kilometer to 100s of km in diameter