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Space vocab
Term | Definition |
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Roatation | A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center of rotation |
Revolution | The motion of one body around another the motion of the planets in their orbit around the Sun). |
Orbit | In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System. |
Geocentric | geocentric orbit involves any object orbiting the Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. |
Heliocentric | heliocentric orbit is an orbit around the Sun. |
Natural Satalite | A natural satellite, moon, or secondary planet is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body |
Solar system | The Solar System consists of the Sun and its planetary system of eight planets, their moons, and other non-stellar objects. |
Astronmy | Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects (such as moons, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies); |
astronomer | astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as moons, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies); |