UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A rocket that has a very small amount of thrust
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A spacecraft that can carry people to the Moon
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A spacecraft that orbits a celestial body
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A telescope that allows you to see distant planets
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Detailed explanation-1: -Moons are called natural satellites because they orbit planets.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Earth rotates around the Sun and the Moon rotates around the Earth. A man-made satellite is a machine that is launched into space and orbits around a body in space. Examples of man-made satellites include the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.
Detailed explanation-3: -These orbits are circular (or almost circular) and are maintained by the force of gravity. Similarly, satellites will move around planets in a circular orbit too.
Detailed explanation-4: -An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object takes around another object or center of gravity. Orbiting objects, which are called satellites, include planets, moons, asteroids, and manmade devices.
Detailed explanation-5: -A planet is a large object that orbits a star.
Detailed explanation-6: -Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957.