Old Philosophers
This philosopher invented his own telescope and openly defied the Roman Catholic Church.
Galileo Galilei
objects move in elliptical patterns around stars
Kepler's 1st Law
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Spiral Galaxy
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Geocentric Model
Planets orbit around the sun in this type of pattern described by one of Kepler's Laws.
Elliptical
This philosopher supported the geocentric model and who's model was used for over a thousand years
Ptolemy
Everything attracts everything in the universe
Newton's Universal Law of Gravity
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Elliptical Galaxy
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Law of Universal Gravitation
These types of galaxies can be spiral, elliptical, or irregular but contain considerably less solar systems and stars compared to a normal galaxy.
Dwarf Galaxies
This philosopher reintroduced the heliocentric model back into society.
Copernicus
Every action has an equal but opposite reaction
Newton's 3rd Law
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Barred-spiral
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Heliocentric Model
This makes up around 85% of the universe. It does not produce, absorb, or reflect light.
Dark Matter
This philosopher detailed how Planets orbit around a star. Introduced the idea that planets move in elliptical patterns, not circles.
Kepler
The distance a planet travels in its orbit is the same for any distance with equivalent area.
Kepler's 2nd Law
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Irregular
Image 4: Proved that other galaxies existed outside of the milky way
Edwin Hubble
Mars is considered to be in this when the earth passes it along its orbit
Retrograde
This philosopher believed the earth was a cylinder that floated in nothingness.
A. Thales
B. Anaximander
C. Pythagoras
B. Anaximander
The speed at which a planet orbits is proportional to the size of the planets elliptical path.
Kepler's Third Law
When two galaxies collide
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Merging Galaxies
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First ever black hole ever imaged.
A supermassive black hole that is emitting large amounts of energy
Quasar