Definitions
Any astronomical object or like comets and stars
What is a Celestial Body?
Discovered gravity and inertia
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
space rock that enters earths atmosphere
What is a meteor?
the moon reflects this
What is sunlight?
the number of days it takes the moon to revolve on its axis
What is approximately 27?
Amount of matter in an object
What is Mass?
Theorized that large objects can cause a warp in a universe
Who is Albert Einstein?
region of space that is so large nothing can escape it
What is a black hole?
The shape of the lit portion of the moon we see from earth
What is the phase of the moon?
is equal to 5.88 trillion miles
What is a light year?
The galaxy where our solar system is located
What is The Milky Way?
Their combined theories and laws explain why objects in our solar system stay in orbit
Who are Newton and Einstein?
Small rocky object orbiting the sun
What is an asteroid?
The lit portion of the moon is gradually increasing from crescent to half then gibbous
What is waxing?
365.4 days
What is the amount of time it takes the earth to orbit the sun?
Branch of science that studies the properties of matter and energy
What is physics?
Was born in Germany but became a US citizen
Who is Einstein?
huge collection of gas, dust, stars and their solar systems
What is a galaxy?
This phase of the moon appears dark from earth
What is a new moon?
24 hours
What is how long it takes the earth to rotate on its axis?
Where new stars are "born"
What is a stellar nebula?
Modern day physicist and astronomer that explained the tides in a video we watched in class
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
celestial body with a nucleus of ice and dirt and a tail of gas and dust
What is a comet?
A moon that is not quite full is a waxing or waning
What is gibbous?
300,000 km/sec.....the fastest thing in the universe
What is light?