click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Solar system voc 2
Solar system vocabulary part 2
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Was the first person to use the telescope to observe the sky/space | Galileo |
Invented a telescope that could see past our solar system for the first time. | Hale |
Created a math formula to determine the distance of stars based on their brightness | Leavitt |
Invented a telescope that can take detailed pictures of space and look deeper into space than ever before | Hubble |
Small, bright pieces of rock that speed across the sky. | Meteor |
A object smaller than a planet that orbits the sun. | Dwarf Planet |
A ratio between actual size of an object and its size in a model. | Scale |
An irregularly shaped rock that orbits the Sun, mostly occurring in a band asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. | Asteroid |
A natural satellite that orbits around a planet | Moon |
Made of frozen carbon dioxide, methane and water with dust mized in. Orbits around the sun | Comet |