Scientist of Astronomy
Who was the first to formulate and test the law of universal gravitation?
Sir Issac Newton
The turning, or spinning, of a body on its axis is called
Rotation
The point when the moon is closest to Earth is called?
Perigee
Who does HC football team play this Friday?
Bell County
Round depressions in the surface of the moon is called?
Craters
Who discovered the three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
The motion of a body, such as a planet or moon, along its orbit around some point in space is called.
Revolution
The point when the moon is farthest from Earth is called?
Apogee
What is Taylor Swifts Fiance's name
Travis Kelce
Light-colored mountainous areas are known as?
Highlands
What were Galileo's most important contributions?
His description of the behavior of moving objects
Earth also has another very slow motion known as "---------", which is the slight cone-shaped movement of where, in the sky, Earth's axis points.
Precession
On a monthly basis, we observe the "----------------" as a change in the moon appears lit.
Phases of the moon
Who are the three witches in the movie Hocus Pocus?
Winifred, Mary, Sarah
The dark, relatively smooth areas on the moon's surface are called?
Maria
Who created the Heliocentric Model?
(The sun is the center of the solar system)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Perihelion occurs around what date of the year?
(Perihelion is when Earth is closet to the sun)
January 3rd
When the moon moves in line directly between Earth and the sun, creates what?
Solar Eclipse
Which restaurant is known for its "Golden Arches"
McDonalds
Elongated streaks that radiate outward for hundreds of kilometers on the moon are called?
Rays
Brahe's observations, especially of "--------", were far more precise than any made previously.
Mars
Aphelion occurs about what date of the year?
( Earth is farthest from the sun)
July 4th
When the Earth moves in between the moon and the sun, creates what?
Lunar Eclipse
How much does a cloud weigh?
Around 1 million pounds
What is the most widely accepted model for the origin of the moon?
When the solar system was forming, a body the size of Mars impacted Earth.