But it Does Move
This is one complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path.
Revolution
This is Galileo’s law stating that it takes a pendulum the same time for each swing.
The Law of the Pendulum
This states that planets travel faster when closer to the Sun and slower when further away.
Law of Equal Area
This is when the left half of the moon is visible.
Third or Last Quarter
This is when the right third of the moon is visible.
Waxing crescent.
This is a complete spin on an axis.
Rotation
Two things Galileo noticed that suggested that the Earth revolves around the Sun were....
The moons orbiting Jupiter, and that the planets did not move in straight lines.
This is an orbit in an oval shaped manner.
Elliptical
These are large areas of dark rock on the surface of the moon.
Maria
This is when the left two thirds of the moon are visible.
Waning Gibbeous
This is the path an object takes as it travels around another object.
Orbit
According to Ptolemy’s erroneous geocentric model, the order of the objects that orbited the Earth, from nearest to the farthest, were...
The Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
This states that planets orbit in elliptical orbits.
Law of Ellipses
This describes something related to the moon.
Lunar
This is a phase of the moon when you cannot see the moon at all.
New Moon
This is the belief or idea that the Sun is the center of the universe and that the Earth and planets revolve around it.
Heliocentrism
Because it cast a round shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse, and also that stars looked different from different parts of the Earth.
This states that the further away a planet is from the Sun, the longer it takes to orbit.
Law of Harmonies
This is when the right half of the moon is visible.
First Quarter
This is when all of the moon is visible.
Full Moon
This is the belief or idea that the Earth is the center of the universe, and that the sun and planets revolve around it.
Geocentrism
Why does the Bible does NOT state that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
The verses that say the Earth cannot be moved are poetry; it means our world and way of life will remain the same until Judgement Day.
This was a Polish astronomer who first proposed the Earth orbited the Sun, based on mathematics.
Copernicus
This is a bowl-shaped hole or dent caused by a large rock that crashes into the surface of a planet, moon, or asteroid.
Crater
This is when the right two thirds of the moon are visible.
Waxing Gibbous