Historical Models of the Solar Sytem
The Sun
Gravity
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
100
The person that first observed the phases of venus
Who is Galileo
100
A cooler dark area on the surface of the sun
What is a sunspot
100
do objects with greater masses or lesser masses have a stronger gravitational pull
What is greater
100
the planet covered with craters
What is Mercury
100
this gives Uranu its blue color
What is methane gas
200
the person that found that planets orbit in ellipse
Who is Kepler
200
an explosive release of energy extending outward from the suns surface
What is a solar flare
200
small bodies from which planets form
What are planetesimals
200
the EXACT length of an earth day
What is 23 hours and 57 minutes
200
this planet contains The Dark Spot
What is Neptune
300
Was Aristotle or Aristarchus` model of the solar system?
Who is Aristarchus
300
the middle layer of the suns atmosphere
What is the chromosphere
300
what is the difference between aphelion and perihelion? Which is which?
What is aphelion is where an object is furthest from the sun and perihelion is where an object is closest to the sun
300
venus's largest volcano
What is Gula Mons
300
this planet would float in the ocean
What is Saturn
400
The apparent shift of subject viewed from different location
What is a parallax
400
The visible layer of the sun
What is the photosphere
400
Keplers first law
What is planets orbit the sun in ellipses
400
the distance from earth to the sun
What is an AU
400
this planet orbits on its side
What is Uranus
500
The first person to attempt measuring the distance between the moon and the sun
Who is Aristarchus
500
when the sun rotates faster at the equator then at the poles
What is differential rotation
500
Kepler's third law
What is the square of the orbital period is proportional to he cube of the planets average distance from the sun
500
the planet with an iron core
What is Mercury
500
what planetary rings made of
What is icy bodies and particles of dust and rock
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