Intro to Space

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