Ms.Rumble Astronomy Unit Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain still
  2. 7. The region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter where asteroids are found
  3. 8. The theory that all the planets, sun, and stars rotated around Earth
  4. 9. The explosion that resulted in the formation of the universe
  5. 11. Early Greek astronomy that believed in geocentric
  6. 12. Astronomer who discovered the planets revolved around the sun in an elliptical orbit, not a circle
Down
  1. 1. The collection of 8 planets and their moons as well as objects that orbit the sun
  2. 2. When the planets revolve around the sun
  3. 3. The force that attracts one object to another or towards the center of the Earth
  4. 5. First astronomy to state the sun is in the center of the solar system. No one believed him
  5. 6. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets
  6. 10. Used a telescope for the first time and proved heliocentric