Space Exploration Vocabulary - Units 1 & 2

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