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Celestial Bods
The Space B'ys
Innies & Outies
Seeing Stars
Put on Your Sunglasses
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The definition of a celestial body involves the following: "a _______ object that can be found in space."

Naturally

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This term means the Earth is in the center of the solar system and that everything revolves around it.

Geocentric

100

The first gas giant of the solar system.

Jupiter

100

Smaller groups of stars forming patterns within constellations.

Asterism

100

The type of celestial body our Sun is known as. 

Star

200

The movement of celestial bodies that is responsible for day/night cycles.

Rotation

200

This astronomer based his model on the apparent backward (or retrograde) movements of Mars.

Ptolemy

200

This category of planets are known for having shorter years.

Inner planets (or terrestrial planets)

200

Another common name for the constellation: Ursa Major

Big Bear

200
A large loop of super hot gas that stretches across the Sun's surface.

Solar Prominence

300

These bodies break off of asteroids and are only found out in space.

Meteoroid

300

Isaac Newton was to first to show that this force was responsible for keeping all celestial bodies in orbit.

Gravity

300

The main reason why outer planets have such low temperatures.

Far distance from the Sun
300

The asterism that is found within a certain Lion.

Sickle

300

Sunspots are _____ patches that are slightly ______ than the rest of the Sun's surface.

1. Dark

2. Cooler

400

The plane or imaginary line on which almost all celestial bodies move around the Sun.

Ecliptic

400

The apparent backwards motion of a celestial body like Mars.

Retrograde motion

400

The one planetary criteria that Pluto fails, thus demoting it to dwarf planet status.

Not big enough to clear its orbital path from debris

400

A "W" shaped asterism is found within this constellation.

Cassiopeia

400

One of the main functions or purposes of the Sun. A term that describes the life giving heat and light emitted from the Sun.

Solar Radiation

500

The only type of celestial body that does NOT move along the ecliptic plane.

Comet

500

Kepler's third law: The time it takes for a planet to _________ the Sun is directly related to __________  the Sun.

1. revolve around
2. how far away it is from

500

The hottest planet in the solar system. 

Venus

(don't worry, this is a fun fact - not a quiz item!)

500
A constellation that can always be seen in the Northern Hemisphere because it is directly above the North Pole.

Ursa Minor (Little Bear is also acceptable!)

500

The Greek word for Sun. We have encountered it before in Chapter 10!

Helios