History of Astronomy Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: geocentric: centered on earth, cosmology: study of the organization and evolution of the universe, heliocentric: centered on the sun, epicycle: circular orbit of a body in the ptolemaic system (center of which revolves around another circle), ecliptic: apparent annual path oft he sun on the celestial sphere, celestial: _ sphere is the apparent sphere of the sky; a sphere of large radius centered on the observer etc, astrology: the pseudoscience that deals with the supposed influences on human destiny of the configurations and locations in the sky of the sun, moon, and planets, year: period of revolution of earth around the sun, zenith: point on the celestial sphere opposite the direction of gravity (point directly above the observer), accelerate: to change velocity, also to speed up, slow down, or change direction, apparent: _ magnitude is a measure of how bright a star looks in the sky; the larger the number, the dimmer the star appears to us, horoscope: a chart used by astrologers that shows the positions along the zodiac and in the sky of the sun, moon, and planets, parallax: the apparent displacement of a nearby star that results from the motion of earth around the sun, zodiac: a belt around the sky about 18° wide centered on the ecliptic