Across
- 7. backward movement of a planet.
- 9. discovered gravity.
- 10. point in orbit of a planet, asteroids, or comet at which is furthest from the sun.
- 11. shape of a planets elliptical orbit
- 12. one of two fixed points used to define an elipse.
Down
- 1. 1.496x10 8
- 2. the point in orbit of a planet, asteroids, or comet at which it is closest from the sun.
- 3. oval shape that is centered on two points instead of a single point, as in a circle.
- 4. first person to use a telescope to observe the sky.
- 5. suggested the sun was the center of the solar system.
- 6. objects ranging from one km hundreds of km in diameter.
- 8. he demonstrated that planets orbit the sun called an elipse.
