Astronomy
This is the study of the universe
Astronomy
The closest planet to the Sun
Mercury
The name of the galaxy we live in
The Milky Way
The outer planets are also known as _______ giants.
Gas
A solar eclipse is when...
The Moon is between Earth and the Sun.
How long it takes for the moon to orbit the earth.
A month (or 28 days)
What does frigid mean?
Freezing
The collection of rocks between the inner and outer planets
Asteroid Belt
This Italian astronomer improved the telescope and discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons.
Galileo
The planet that is missing from this list:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune......
The Sun is mostly made of this element, the lightest in the universe.
Hydrogen
In 1992, she became the first Black woman to travel into space.
Mae Jemison
This Apollo mission was the first to land astronauts on the Moon.
Apollo 11
When the Earth blocks the sunlight from the moon?
Lunar Eclipse
What is a satellite?
Is the amount of time required for the sun to appear in the same spot in the sky after a single rotation.
A day
The largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
Our star and the objects that orbit it, are called...
The solar system
______ are sections of the sky which contain recognizable star patterns.
Constellations
The amount of time it takes for the earth to complete a single 360 degree rotation.
~24 hours!
The first country to put a man on the moon
United States
A large chunk of ice, dirt and rocks that usually comes from the Oort Cloud in a long elliptical Orbit
The force that keeps planets orbiting the sun
Gravity
The first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
What does pursue mean?
Do what it takes to reach a goal
This term describes the distance light travels in one year.
A light-year
The time it takes for the earth to orbit around the sun.
A year or 365 days
When the moon completely blocks the sun from earth
Solar Eclipse
What is gravitational pull?
The force of attraction that pulls objects toward each other
This NASA telescope, launched in 1990, has produced some of the most famous space images ever taken.
Hubble Space Telescope