Chapter 14 - The Solar System
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| geocentric | an model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
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| heliocentric | a model of the universe in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
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| ellipse | an oval shape which may be elongated or nearly circular
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| moon | a natural satellite that revolves around a planet
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| astronomical unit | a unit of measure used to express distance in space; 1 = Earth's average distance from the sun (150 million kilometers)
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| How did Copernicus contribute to our knowledge of the solar system? | Copernicus worked out the arrangement of the known planets and how they move around the sun; polish astronomer who, in 1543, further developed the heliocentric model
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| How did Galileo contribute to our knowledge of the solar system? | Galileo used the newly invented telescope to make discoveries that supported the heliocentric model; for example he discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter and that Venus goes through a series of phases similar to thoses of Earth's moon
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| How did Kepler contribute to our knowledge of the solar system? | Johannes Kepler, the assistant of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, used his boss's data to develop three laws that describe the motions of the planets
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| What objects make up the solar system? | today we know that the solar system consists of the sun the planets and their moons, and several kinds of smaller objects that revolve around the sun
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| How did Ptolemy contribute to our knowledge of the solar system? | early Greek astronomer who thought that the Earth was the center of a system of planets and stars, and explained that the planets move on small circles that move on bigger circles
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| What were Kepler's Laws? | 1.the orbit of each planet is an ellipse; 2.each planet moves faster when it is closer to the sun and slower when it is farther away from the sun; 3.planets closer to the sun orbit the sun faster than the planets that are farther away from the sun
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