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Quiz 27 p302 - 309
Structure of the Heavens
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric system of the universe | Nicklaus Copernicus |
| Scientist who discovered the law0 universal gravitation | Sir Isaac Newton |
| astronomer whose book Almagest mathematically described the geocentric view of the universe | Ptolemy |
| astronomer who discovered that the planets do not travel in circles | Johannes Kepler |
| astronomer whose discovery of the phases of Venus helped prove the heliocentric view | Galileo Galileo |
| the study of God's creation beyond our atmosphere | astronomy |
| the force of attraction that exists between any two objects | gravity |
| the general term for a space that does not contain any other matter | black hole |
| the point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun | perihelion |
| the sun, planets, the planets' moons, and other smaller bodies that orbit the sun firm | the solar system |