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Someone whose job is to study the stars, the planets, and everything else in outer space.
What is an astronomer?
The man who had the idea that Earth revolved around the sun.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
The reason God made the stars and Moon.
This device uses satellites in outer space to track your position on Earth.
What is GPS?
An object in space that travels in circles around object.
What is a satellite?
The study of outer space
What is astronomy?
An astronomer who believed Copernicus.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The number of planets in our solar system.
What are 8 planets?
A device with a needle that always points magnetic north.
What is a compass?
An example of a natural satellite.
What is the moon?
The man-named patterns of stars in the night sky.
What are constellations?
He taught how to use telescopes to study the planets and stars.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The names of the planets in our solar system.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
The name of the navigation that used the sun, planets, and stars also helped sailor know which direction to sail.
What is celestial navigation?
It is made by man and sent into space to orbit around Earth.
What is an artificial satellite?
An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.
What is Gravity?
The organization better known as NASA
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The mnemonic for the names of the planets in our solar system.
What is My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos?
This ancient navigation device helped sailors navigate by using the position of the stars.
What is an astrolabe?
The three main jobs of satellites.
What are take pictures for others to see, channels for your TV, look at planets and stars far away?
Someone who is trained to travel in a spaceship into outer space.
What is an astronaut?
An enormous telescope floating up in space that sends pictures back down here to Earth
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
He once said, "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."
Who is Isaac Newton?
You can use this if you don't have a compass or GPS or any other navigation device.
What is the position of the stars?