Space Exploration Vocabulary - Units 1 & 2

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Across
  1. 5. Newton's law states that all objects attract all other objects, and provides an explaination for the planets' elliptical orbits
  2. 8. A model of the universe that places Earth at the centre with the sun, moon, and planets revolving around it
  3. 9. A set of axes of any kind that is used to describe the positions or motion of things
  4. 12. Another name for placing Earth at the centre so that the sun, moon and planets revolve around it
  5. 14. A model of the universe that places at the centre with Earth, the planets and the moon revolving around it.
  6. 15. A device used to measure an object's azimuth
  7. 16. Determines the fineness of detail a telescope can produce of an object in view
  8. 17. Groupings of stars that form patterns, which appear like objects and are given names
  9. 18. The angle measured above the horizon in degrees when measuring altitude-azimuth co-ordinates
  10. 19. All objects seen in the sky (sun, moon, stars, and planets)
Down
  1. 1. A device used to measure the altitude of an object
  2. 2. Locate a celestial body relative to a fixed Earth (as though the celestial bodies are circling the Earth)
  3. 3. Celestial bodies in our solar system, including Earth, that orbits the sun
  4. 4. The lens through which you view a magnified object using a telescope
  5. 6. The large lens at the front of a telescope
  6. 7. To throw or bend back from a surface
  7. 10. Another name in which you can view objects that are magnified using a telescope
  8. 11. Another name for placing the sun at the centre with the planets and moon revolving around it
  9. 13. To deflect
  10. 20. A figure that looks like a squashed circle; planets in the solar system move in elliptical orbits around the sun
  11. 21. The angle measured clockwise from North when measuring altitude-azimuth co-ordinates