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Early Astronomy
The Sun
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
Miscellaneous Facts
100
A solar system where Earth is the center
What is a geocentric solar system?
100
2 gases that make up the sun
What is hydrogen and helium?
100
Known as the "evening or morning star"
What is Venus?
100
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is this
What is a hurricane/storm?
100
The only outer planet that is terrestrial.
What is Pluto?
200
He believed in the geocentric solar system model.
Who is Ptolemy?
200
slightly cooler areas on the sun
What are sunspots?
200
The largest Volcano in the solar system is known as this
What is Olympus Mons?
200
The largest moon in the solar system
What is Ganymede?
200
this word means "wanderers" in Greek
What are "planets?"
300
He had to convince others with the help of Galileo that we live in a heliocentric solar system.
Who is Copernicus?
300
When hydrogen and helium atoms join together in the sun's core
What is nuclear fusion?
300
This planet has such a thick atmosphere- much greater than Earth's
What is Venus?
300
discovered by a mathematician not an astronomer
What is Neptune?
300
huge, reddish loops of gas coming off the sun
What are prominences?
400
In 1601, he died trying to figure out the planets' orbital shape.
Who is Tyco Brahe?
400
When sunspots and prominences connect and cause these eruptions
What are solar flares?
400
Extreme temperatures are found here from 430 to -170 degrees C
What is Mercury?
400
He discovered Uranus and described it as "fuzzy" and "not a star."
Who is William Herschel?
400
Another name for the Aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights?
What is Solar Wind?
500
He worked for Brahe and finished his work concluding the orbital patterns were ellipses.
Who is Kepler?
500
Middle layer of the sun's atmosphere; means "color"
What is the chromosphere?
500
This planet has many craters named after famous composers such as Bach and Mozart.
What is Mercury?
500
Scientists think this planet is slowly shrinking and is causing the interior to heat up.
What is Neptune?
500
The percent of our solar system's mass that is taken up by our sun
What is 99.8%?