Ancient Astronomers
This astronomer discovered Jupiter's largest moons and the rings of Saturn.
Who is Galileo?
This telescope was launched in 2021 and has a big yellow telescope.
What is James Webb Telescope?
This type of light bounces; it happens when light strikes a smooth surface.
What is reflecting light?
This satellite is the largest in space.
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
Flat earthers believe a giant wall of this is protecting us from falling off of the edge.
What is ice?
This astronomer created Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
This telescopes detected planets by observing transits, which occur when a planet crosses in front of a star.
What is Kepler?
This type of light bends; It happens when light passes from one kind of transparent material to another.
What is refracting light?
This satellite was the first satellite to be launched into space.
What is Sputnik I?
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is asking a question?
This astronomer created the geocentric model of the universe, which contained that the Earth was at the center of the solar system.
Who is Ptolemy?
This telescope launched in 1990 and was designed to be serviced in space.
What is Hubble?
This happens when white light is refracted and splits into a full spectrum of color.
What is dispersion?
This planet only has one natural satellite - the moon.
What is Earth?
This is often done after conducting your hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
This astronomer created the heliocentric model which claimed that the sun was at the center of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
This telescope is so big that it is nearly the size of a tennis court.
What is the James Webb Telescope?
This device is used to disperse light.
What is a spectrometer?
This system uses more than 30 satellites orbiting the Earth to provide information about location and time to anyone who needs it.
What is GPS?
The International Space Station was launched in this year.
What is 1998?
This astronomer lost his nose in a duel with his cousin and had a prosthetic nose made of brass.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
This telescope discovered about 2600 exoplanets during its time in space.
What is Kepler?
This spectrum contains all wavelengths emitted by a hot, dense, light source.
What is the continuous spectrum?
Asteroids can have natural satellites which are called this.
What are moonlets?
Determining your position on Earth using satellites is called this.
What is trilateration?