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What is the only star in our solar system?
The sun
What is Earths natural satellite?
The moon
What does Nasa do?
study space
What is astronomy?
The study of space
What is a solar eclipes?
when the sun passes behind the moon causing it to be blocked out
What are the two types of satellite?
natural and artificial
how far is the sun from the Earth?
approximately 93,000,000 miles away
What is celestial navigation?
navigating by the stars
what is a gravitational pull?
the pull of one object on another to itself
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the moon passes behind the earth causing the light of the sun to not reflect off the moon
What did they use to tell time and the seasons by?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What is an orbit?
When one object goes around another
What is a rotation?
when an object spins on its axis
What happens when light hits an object?
the light waves are either absorbed or reflected
How hot is the core and surface of the sun
27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the core and 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface
What are the sun's satellites?
the planets, dwarf planets, meteors, and asteroids
what has passed after a rotation? And a revolution? Be specific
a rotation is a day and a revolution is a year
Why does a yellow car look yellow?
It is reflecting yellow waves and absorbing the rest
What is an aurora?
A solar flare we can see on Earth
Who were the two scientists that first impacted astronomy?
Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei
What is a solar flare?
What color is the sun?
All colors making it appear white
What is the color black?
The absence of color because the object has absorbed all color waves
Why does a sunset look different?
The light waves are passing through a thicker part of the atmosphere causing blue and green waves to bounce away