Studying Space Chapter 1

This is the study of the universe

• Year

• Astronomy

• Electromagnetic

• Infrared

This scientist believed that the earth was the center of the universe and that the other planets and sun revolved around the Earth.

This scientist believed that the sun was the center of the universe and all the planets orbit the sun

This scientist believed that the sun and the moon revolved around the Earth but all the other planets revolved around the sun.

This scientist discovered that all the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and that the sun is not in the exact center of the orbits.

This scientist discovered craters and mountains on the moon, four of Jupiter’s moons, sunspots on the sun, and the phases of Venus.

This scientist showed that all objects in the universe attract each other through gravitational force.

This scientist discovered that other galaxies exit beyond the edge of the Milky Way.

The type of telescope that uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects is a ________ telescope.

This telescope uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from a distance object.