Science (astronomy) Word Scramble
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astronomy | questions |
leap year | a year when 4 extra days is added to the calender |
zenith | point directly above you |
astrolab | instrement that measures the angle between the horizon |
absolute magnitude | brightness of a star |
asteroid | small rocky body that revolves around the sun |
appartent magnitude | how bright a star appers to a observer |
calender | system for organizing time |
asteroid belt | region of solar system that contains most asteroids |
constellation | a section of the sky that contains reconizable star patterns |
day | time requierd for earth to rotate once on its axis |
eclipse | event which the shadow of ones celestial body that falls on another |
ellipse | a closed curve |
light year | unit of legnth equal to the distance light travels in space |
meteriod | a small rocky body that revolves around the sun |
moon | a natural satilight |
retrograde rotation | clockwise spin of a planet or moon |
revolution | elliptical motion of a bodyas it orbits another body in space |
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