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Dubinsky-Astronomy
Dubinsky-AstronomyVocabularyWords
Question | Answer |
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geocentric | the belief that the earth is the center of our solar system |
heliocentric | the belief that the sun is the center of our solar system |
solar system | the planets and moons and other space bodies that orbit our sun |
planet | a large celestial body that orbits a star |
moon | a smaller celestial body that orbits a planet |
satellite | anything that orbits a planet or star |
star | a glowing ball of burning gas |
comet | a "dirty snowball" that orbits the sun |
meteor | a solid object that shoots through space and creates a bright light when it hits our atmosphere |
meteorite | fragments of rock that survive their fall through earth's atmosphere |
meteoroid | fragments of rock that shoot through earth's atmosphere |
asteroids | rocks that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter |
rotate | to spin on an axis |