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Space Terms
comets, meteors, asteroids
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| asteroid | small rocky objects that are found between the planets Mars and Jupiter |
| asteroid belt | where asteroids are located, between Mars and Jupiter |
| comets | loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles that orbit the sun |
| meteroid | a chunk of rock or dust in space |
| meteors | a streak of light caused by the burning upon a meteroriod in the atmosphere |
| meteorite | a meteroid that has passed through the atmosphere and hit Earth's surface |
| constellations | imaginary patterns of stars |
| Light Year | the distance the light travels in a year |
| nebula | a large cloud of gas and dust in space and the first stage of a star |
| white dwarf | blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space, also the fifth stage of a stars life |
| supernova | the explosions of a dying, super giant star |
| black hole | an object whose gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, also scientists are not sure if this actually exists. |
| binary stars | a star system with two stars |
| eclipsing binary | a binary star system in which one star sometimes blocks the light from the other |
| open clusters | a star cluster that has a loose, disorganized appearance and contains only a few thousands stars |
| globular clusters | a large, round, densely packed grouping of older stars |
| galaxy | a huge group of single stars, stars systems, stars clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity |
| Elliptical Galaxy | a galaxy shaped like a round or flattened ball, usually carrying old stars |
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