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Astrology

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Scientific Notation   System of recording very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10  
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the diameter of the moon compared to the earth?   one fourth the size  
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Astronomical Unit (AU)   average distance from earth to sun: it is: 1.5 x 10^8  
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solar system   consists of the Sun, its family of planets and some smaller bodies like comets, moons, asteroids  
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Planets   Non-luminous bodies that shine by reflecting sunlight. ex: mercury, earth, venus  
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Star   Self luminous ball of hot gas that generates its own energy. Ex, Sun  
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How much bigger is the Sun than the Earth   110 times larger  
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Light-year   unit of distance equal to the distance light travels in one year  
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Stars form from...   thin clouds of gas that fill the spaces between the stars  
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Galaxy   great cloud of stars, gas, dust, star clusters, and nebulae bound together by the combined gravity of all the matter  
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Milky way   our galaxy. The hazy band of light that circles our sky, produced by the glow of our galaxy  
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Supercluster   a cluster of galaxy clusters  
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