Across
- 4. Developed the Wheels on Wheels geocentric model and thought planets moved at a constant speed
- 6. Thought the Earth was the center of the universe because he observed the sun and stars rise in the east and fall in the west
- 9. First to see the moons of Jupiter through an improved telescope
- 11. The amount of matter that makes up an object
- 12. shape when the moon is less than half illuminated
- 13. Spinning on an axis; gives us day and night
- 14. shape when the moon in more than half illuminated but less than full
- 16. illuminated part of the moon is increasing
- 19. Modified the Wheels on wheels model to put the sun at the center
Down
- 1. earth centered
- 2. sun centered
- 3. used to describe the movement around the sun (orbit)
- 5. Proposed 3 laws of planetary motion
- 7. force of attraction between any two objects
- 8. Marks the longest/ shortest day of the year
- 10. First to propose a heliocentric model and attempted to measure the distance of the earth, moon, and sun
- 15. Marks the time start of spring and fall/ equal amounts of daylight and nighttime hours
- 17. illuminated part of the moon is decreasing
- 18. The measure of the force of gravity on an object
