Stars
Our sun will eventually end its life as one of these types of stars.
What is a white dwarf?
This number often represented as G in equations.
The unit of distance for far apart cosmic objects.
What is a lightyear?
The name of the oval shape all orbits fall into.
What is an ellipse?
This constellation is known as "the bull."
What is Taurus?
A very high mass star has the potential to collapse in on itself and become one of these.
What is a black hole?
The equation known as the "universal law of gravitation."
What is F=Gm1m2/R2
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
The last name of the astronomer who came up with 3 famous laws.
Who is Kepler?
This constellation represents a hunter fighting off the charging bull.
What is Orion?
The primary source of fuel in all stars.
What is hydrogen?
Doubling the mass of one object has this affect on the gravitational force between two objects.
What is doubles?
Some planets have dozens, ours only has the one.
What are moons?
The name for imaginary points responsible for the shape of an ellipse.
What are foci?
This constellation is often referred to by its other name, "the twins."
What is Gemini?
After a supernova large stars may become either a black or this other very dense small object.
What is a neutron star?
What is doubles?
The closest star to Earth.
What is the Sun?
The term used for describing how round or stretched an ellipse is.
What is eccentricity?
This constellation is supposed to represent a large african cat.
What is Leo?
What is helium?
The numerical value of G.
What is 6.67*10-11?
The distance between the sun and earth.
What is 1 Astronomical Unit (AU)?
For the same amount of time in any elliptical orbit objects will have the same amount of these.
What is sweeping area?
This constellation represents a famous 3 sided geometric shape.
What is Triangulum?