I See Stars
Also known as The Great Bear.
What is Ursa Major?
In our solar system, the name given to the four planets closest to the sun.
What are terrestrial planets?
(or inner planets)
The OG (original Greek) scientist who believed in a geocentric universe.
Who was Aristotle?
Any natural object that exists in space.
What is a celestial body?
A constellation that can be seen at any point in the year.
Not technically a constellation, this term describes the Big Dipper.
What is an asterism?
No longer considered a planet, Pluto is now considered this.
What is a dwarf planet?
Discovered that gravity holds planets in orbit.
Who was Newton?
Ancient structures which were likely meant to track seasons based on the sun's location.
An object that orbits a celestial body other than a star.
What is a moon?
Leo, Virgo, Aries, and Sagittarius; for example.
What are zodiac constellations.
Large loops of gas that erupt and return to the sun.
What are solar prominence?
First proposed the heliocentric universe.
Who was Copernicus?
Three characteristics of terrestrial planets (there are many more).
What are small, rocky, dense planets?
(Also they have long days, but short years, are warmer and closer to the sun.)
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's the proper name for a shooting star.
What is a meteor?
His belt is a commonly referred to asterism.
What is Orion?
Kepler discovered orbits are not perfect circles, but are actually this shape.
What is an ellipse / oval?
A man so cool that he combined math and science to give us three planetary laws.
Who was Kepler?
"Dirty snowballs"
The scientific name for the northern lights.
What is the aurora borealis?
This constellation is used for navigation much like Polaris, but can never be seen from Newfoundland.
What is Crux - The Southern Cross?
The only celestial body that orbits off the ecliptic.
What are comets?
Oh no! Maybe there's a problem with Aristotle's ideas. Ptolemy noticed this phenomena.
What is the retrograde motion of Mars? (sometimes Mars tracks backwards across the sky)
An early computer which could tell time and position, among other things, based on the location of stars.
What is an astrolabe?
The path that the Sun appears to take through the sky.
What is the ecliptic?