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Astronomy Vocabulary

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astronomy

The study of space and the objects (planets, moons, stars) in it

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astronomer

a person who studies

astronomy

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telescope

Magnifies distant images using light

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spectroscopeStudies a star’s make-up by breaking down its light

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sextant

measures the altitude of a star

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Nicholas Copernicus

Stated that the sun was at the center of the solar system

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Johannes Kepler

Stated that planets kept orbits

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Galileo Galilei

the first to use the telescope

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Built and used the first telescope observatory

Tycho Brahe

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Isaac Newton

developed the laws of motion

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