30.1 Flashcards
who developed the geocentric model
ptolemy
who came up with the heliocentric model
nicholas copernicus
who came up with evidence to support copernicus’s model
galileo galilei
who discovered that the planets travel around the sun in elipses
johannes kepler
do planets travel at different speeds in their orbits
yes
what is an astronomical unit
the average distance from earth to the sun, about 150 million km
what planets are similar to earth
terrestrial planets
which planets are terrestrial planets
mercury, venus, and mars
your gas giants are known as
jovian planets
which planets are classified as jovian
jupitar, saturn, uranus, and neptune
what are the planets classified as that are located between the sun and the asteroid belt
inner planets
which planets are classified as inner planets
mercury, venus, earth, and mars
what are the planets classified as that are beyond the asteroid belt
outer planets
what are the names of the outer planets
jupitar, saturn, uranus, and neptune
what are the planets classified as that are located between the sun and the earths orbit
inferrior planets
