- Saturn's bright rings are located within the Roche limit of Saturn. This supports the theory that these rings
- Under what lighting conditions are the tiny dust particles, found in some planetary rings, best observed?
- Rank the Galilean moons of Jupiter in order of amount of geological activity, from greatest to least
- A dead star that has collapsed and is pulling matter inwards.
- Ancient cultures believed in constellations for religious reasons.
- A group of stars that appear to form an object in the sky.
- A force which pullseverything inwards toward a central point.
- The rings around Saturn and Jupiter are made of plastic and fibre optic lights.
- A large, natural object that orbits Earth.
- There are 11 planets in our solar system.
- Chunks of rock and ice that orbit the sun often with a long tail of dust and gas.
- No new discoveries have been made about the universe since 1982.
- A span (like a belt)between Mars and Jupiter containing many large rocks.
- The result of collisions on the surface of the moon.
- The Earth is tilted about 23.5° on its axis.
- There is only one star in our universe, but trillions of them in the galaxy.
- Pieces of asteroids that burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere
- A burning ball of gas that gives off tremendous heat and light.
- You can fall off the surface of the Earth because it is flat.
- What is the celestial sphere?A. The celestial sphere is a model of how the stars are arranged in the sky relative to our Sun, which is in the middle of the sphere.B. It represents a belief in an Earth-centered universe, and hence is no longer considered to have any use.C. The celestial sphere is a representation of how the entire sky looks as seen from Earth.D. The celestial sphere is a model that shows the true locations in space of the Sun and a few thousand of the nearest stars.