Astronomical Review

What is significant about the Apollo 9 mission?

This scientist benefited from his wealth. It gave him access to the most powerful telescope!

A celestial object that orbits a larger object. Big hint! There is only one moon.

This scientist was a brilliant violinist and proposed the theory of relativity

All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos

BONUS! The full moon that occurs in February is called the

A giant hot ball of gas composed mainly of H and He with enough mass to perform nuclear fusion.

This scientist sat under a tree & theorized that gravity caused the apple to fall to the ground

What famous candy bar is named for our galaxy?

A heavenly object that orbits a star. Has enough mass to be round but not perfectly round.

Receiving knowledge of the outside world through our senses or scientific tools & instruments

An idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation.

59.46 x 10³ equals what number

A theoretical reality that includes a possibly infinite number of parallel universes.

Brain Break: True or False. There is such a thing as an International Simon Says competition.

He gave the theory that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun on his death bed!