Cosmos
Stars
Solar System
Space Technology
Locating Stars
100
Earth was at the center with planets orbiting around it in spheres, stars were fixed to outermost celestial sphere.
What is geocentric?
100
Grouping of stars that form patterns in the night sky.
What is Constellations?
100
Rocky or gaseous core.
What are planets?
100
Satelliate appears stationary because it is rotating at the same rote as the earth.
What is geosynchronous?
100
how high the stars are in the sky.
What is Altitude?
200
Represents the shortest (winter) and longest (summer) periods of daylight.
What is Solstice?
200
Group of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
What is Galaxy?
200
gas and dust which forms stars and planets.
What is nebulae?
200
Revolve around the earth.
What is low earth
200
The path in the sky along which the 180 degrees sun appears to move, caused by the revolution and rotation of the earth.
What is ecliptic?
300
Sun at the center with earth and other planets orbiting around it.
What is heliocentric?
300
What a medium mass star becomes at the end of its life.
What is Black Dwarf?
300
average distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun radius of earths orbit around the sun.
What is the measurement unit based on Astronomical Units?
300
Uses lenses and mirrors to collect and focus light.
What is reflecting telescope?
300
name given to the very large imaginary sphere of the sky surrounding the earth.
What is celestial sphere?
400
Periods of equal day and night (fall and spring)
What is Equinox?
400
The earliest stage of a star's life.
What is Protostar?
400
the planets that are farther away from the sun.
What is Jovial?
400
telescope placed in low earth orbit.
What is space based telescope?
400
angle above horizon.
What altitude measures?
500
An elongated circle.
What is an elliptical?
500
Star left at the core of a planetary nebula.
What is White Dwarf?
500
The planets that are closer to the sun.
What is Terrestrial?
500
a telescope system that collects and analyzes radiation in the radio frequency range from stars and other bodies in space.
What is radio telescope?
500
degree clockwise from north.
What is the measure of azimuth?
M
e
n
u