Rocky Planets
These are the four rocky planets in our Solar System.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
This is the name of the space station that is orbiting Earth.
The International Space Station (ISS)?
Demonstrated that the Earth is not flat.
Pythagoras
These are the planets with rings.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
A year on this planet is equal to 88 Earth days.
Mercury
This is the average number of times that the International Space Station orbits the Earth each day.
16
Invented the telescope.
Galileo
This is the name of the first man made object sent into space in 1957.
Russian satellite named Sputnik
This is the only planet not named for a mythological god or goddess.
Earth
This is the number of nations involved with the building of the International Space Station.
16 (USA, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom)
Invented the helocentric model (Sun is at the centre of the solar system)
Copernicus
This is how long it takes for light to travel from the Sun to Earth.
8 minutes.
This is the closest planet to Earth.
Venus
This planet has the second largest gravity of any planet in our Solar System.
Neptune?
Explained the motions of planets with geocentric model (Earth is at the centre of the Solar System).
Ptolemy
These are the 7 types of electromagnetic radiation.
Radio Waves, Microwaves, Infra-Red Radiation, Visible Light, Ultra Violet, X-Ray, Gamma Ray
These are the names of the two moons of Mars.
Phobos and Deimos
The orbit of this planet takes 29.45 Earth years to be completed.
Saturn
Determined that gravity on the ground is the same as gravity in space. Also calculated three laws describing the motion of forces between objects.
Newton
This is how many times the Sun is larger than the Earth.
300,000