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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| meteor | a streak of light in the sky produced by burning of a meteoriod in the atmosphere. |
| asteroid belt | any of the thousands of dense rocky objects around the sun between mars and jupiter. |
| comet | a ball of ice, dust and frozen gases that orbits the sun |
| revolution | the movement of and object around another object |
| rotation | the spinning motion of a planet on its axis |
| outer planets | gas giants planets from outside of the asteroid belt |
| inner planet | terrestrial earth like planets dense solids located between the sun and the asteroid belt. |
| gravity | the attractive voice between two objects |
| axis tilt | the invisible axis that are tilted allowing for seasons to occur |
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