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Comet Dirty snowball in space
Meteor the flash of light caused by a meteoroid burning up in Earth's atmosphere (aka shooting star)
Meteoroid is a piece of stone-like or metal-like debris which travels in outer space. Most are no bigger than a pebble.
Meteorite a meteoroid that has entering Earth's atmosphere and has hit the ground
Asteroid small, rocky body that orbits the Sun, they are a few meters to 900 km and are irregular shaped.
Gibbous Phase of Moon when more than half, but less than fully lit Moon.
Wanning The moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing). Left side is lit and the lit part is decreasing.
Solar Eclipse When the Moon comes in between the Sun and Earth. The Moon casts a shadow onto Earth.
Lunar Eclipse When the Earth comes in between the Sun and Moon . Earth casts a shadow onto the Moon.
Torino Scale Method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets.
Waxing The moon at any time when the right side is lit. Going from a New Moon to a Full Moon.
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