ASTR

Question 1

OMUAMUA

Answer 1

(Asteroid) The first known visitor from outside our solar system—and it was decidedly odd: it had no bright coma or dust tail as most comets do, it had a peculiar shape, and its small size more befitted an asteroid than a comet

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/science/astronomy-oumuamua-comet.html

Question 2

‘SYZYGY

Answer 2

Roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system. The word is often used in reference to the Sun, Earth, and either the Moon or a planet, where the latter is in conjunction or opposition

Question 3

ASTROMETRY

Answer 3

the science of positional astronomy, which measures the location of a celestial object and its movement within the plane of the sky

Question 4

ASTROLOGY

Answer 4

A range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects

Question 5

GEOCENTRISM

Answer 5

The Earth is the center

Question 6

HELIOCENTRISM

Answer 6

The sun is the center