History of astronomy

Question 1

What are constellations?

Answer 1

Groups of stars named by astronomers

Question 2

What is the name of the path the sun travels across the sky over a year?

Answer 2

Ecliptic

Question 3

What is the zodiac?

Answer 3

Circle of 12 constellations that can be seen at certain times of the year

Question 4

What name did the abeSotho people give to the belt stars of Orion?

Answer 4

‘Three pigs’

Question 5

Who was the first astronomer to propose that the planets revolved around the sun?

Answer 5

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 6

Who is known as the ‘father of astronomy’?

Answer 6

Galileo Galilei

Question 7

Who proposed the famous 3 laws of planetary motion?

Answer 7

Johannes Kepler

Question 8

What is the difference between astronomy and astrology?

Answer 8

Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe.

Astrology is the belief that there is a relationship between the stars and events on earth.

Question 9

Who stated the law of universal gravitation?

Answer 9

Isaac Newton