Earth-Centric model of the solar system
Geocentric Model
Sun-Centered model of the solar system
Heliocentric Model
Planets in orbit around another star
Extrasolar Planets
Who came up with the Geocentric Model
Ptolemy
Who came up with the Heliocentric Model
Nicholas Copernicus
Who supported Copernicus’s Model by using a telescope
Galileo Galilei
Who discovered the planets travel around the Sun in ellipse
Johannes Kepler
Do planets travel at different speeds
True
What are the planets called that are similar to earth
Terrestrial Planets
Planet closest to the sun
Mercury
The second closest planet from the sun
Venus
The third closest planet from the sun
Earth
The fourth closest planet from the sun
Mars