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Earth in the Univers

Earth in the Universe ESMT

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any object object or above earth's atmosphere Celestial object
means everything that exists in any place-all the space, matter, and energy in existance Universe
States that all matter and energy started out concentrated in a small area and after a giant explosion, matter organized itself Big Bang Theory
The shifting of wavelengths Doppler effect
If earth and some other celestial object are moving apart, and electromagnetic waves are spread out causing a ______ Doppler effect Red shift
Is a collection of billions of stars and various amounts of gas and dust held together by gravity Galaxy
Our solar system, spiral shaped and has over 200 billion stars Milky Way Galaxy
A large ball of gas held together by gravity the produces tremendous amounts of energy and shines Star
The combining of the nuclei of smaller elements to form the nuclei of larger elements with some of the mass being converted into energy Nuclear fusion
Measures how bright a star is Luminosity
the sun and all objects that orbit the sun under its gravitational influence Solar System
is a solid rocky Asteroid
is a body that orbits a planet or an asteroid Moon
Composed of solids that easily change to gases when heated, often compared to a "dirty snowball" Comet
Very small solid fragments that orbit the sun Meteoroid
Planets that far from the sun and are largely gaseous Jovian Planets
Determines the planet's length of each day Rotation
A planet's movement around the sun in a path called an orbit Evolution
An oval shape orbit Ellipse
Two fixed points within an ellipse Foci (or focus)
The amount of difference between between an ellipse as compared to a circle Eccentricity
The concept that an object at rest will tenf to remain at rest and that an object in motion will maintain in motion until an outside force affects it Inertia
The attractive force that exists between any two objects in the universe Gravitation
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