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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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