To Infinity and Beyond!
This planet holds the most Moons in its orbit
What is Saturn
This was the first model of the Solar System
What is Geocentric
Which mathematician wrote Principia Mathematica to describe the laws of motion?
Who is Isaac Newton
The path an object takes as it revolves around another object
What is revolution
The tilt of Earth's axis, in degrees
What is 23.5
A celestial body that orbits a star and has no large objects in its path
What is a planet
This mathematician and astronomer lived from 1473 to 1543 and moved away from the Earth-centered model.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
This law of motion explains how inertia works
What is the First Law
These planetary paths are shaped like a stretched-out circle
What is an ellipse
This describes the motion of one object as it moves around another object
What is revolution
This is the most popular comet we know.
What is Halley's Comet
This was the first Greek figure to propose the Earth was in the center of the Universe
Who is Plato
This law of motion explains the relationship between mass, force and acceleration in a formula
What is the Second Law
This model of the solar system placed Earth at its center
What is Geocentric
This the imaginary lines we use to create time zones
What is a meridian
This celestial structure is considered the edge of the solar system, since the Sun's gravitational pull loses its effect.
What is the Oort Cloud
DAILY DOUBLE
This Italian fellow utilized a telescope to confirm the heliocentric model
Who is Galileo Galilei
This law explains how objects react to an applied force base on masses
What is the Third Law
This model replaced the geocentric system, placing the Sun at the center
What is heliocentric
This is the structure that separates the inner and outer planets
What is the asteroid belt
This is a rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere and survives after it crashes on the surface
What is a meteorite
This German mathematician and astrophysicists proposed the use of ellipses to fix the heliocentric model
Who is Johannes Kepler
The law of motion that explains how gravity is influenced by masses and distances
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation
This modeled word also means sun
What is helios
This Greco-Roman citizen published a book called the Almagest, which included a model of the Universe where the Earth is in the center.
Who is Claudius Ptolemy