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Mapped motions of planets |
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Created heliocentric model of universe |
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Our galaxy which our solar system is in |
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Created geocentric model of universe |
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Apparant change in direction of a planet |
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Everything under 1 star's gravitational force |
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Longest line in Ellipse that passes through both focal points |
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Measure of how elliptical an orbit is |
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Everything revolves/rotates around Earth |
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Gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space |
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Father of science - discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons and phases of Venus |
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Planets in circular orbits around the Sun. |
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Point where planet is farthest from Sun in orbit |
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Discovered shape and circumferance of Earth |
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Developed law of gravitation |
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Line perpendicular to Major Axis |
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Dwarf planets extending from the orbit of Neptune |
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Ice debris floating in space |
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Massive enough to be a sphere Not a satellite Has not cleared it's orbit of debris |
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Cloud surrounding the planetary system |
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Icy debris that develops a tail when near the Sun |
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Point where planet is closest to Sun in orbit |
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When objects of force attract each other |
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Planets that formed like Earth |
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