Planet Motion Flashcards
Geocentric Model
Ptolemy
Heliocentric Model
Nicholas Copernicus
Heliocentric Model
Galileo Galilei
Who discovered the planets travel around
the Sun in ellipses
Johannes Kepler
Planets travel at different speeds
Yes
Astronomical Unit
The average distance from the earth to the sun
What planets are similar to earth
Terrestrial planets
Which planets are classified as Terrestrial Planets
Mercury, Venus, and Mars
Gas Giants are known as _____
Jovian Planets
Which planets are known as Jovian Planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What are the planets classified that are in between the Sun and Asteroid Belt
Inner planets: Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
What planets are located beyond the asteroid belt
Outer planets: Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter
What are the planets classified located between the sun and earths orbit
Inferior Planets
Inferior planets are ____
Venus, Mercury
What planets are classified as past earths orbit
Mars, Saturn. Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus
