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Solar System Vocab.
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Term | Definition |
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Solar System | Consists of the Sun, planets, their moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets. |
Milky Way Galaxy | The galaxy in which our solar system is located. |
Gravity | The force that pulls two objects together; it pulls us toward Earth and it keeps the planets in motion around the sun. |
Astronomy | The study of the moon, stars and other objects in space. |
Axis | An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the north and the south poles, about which the Earth rotates. |
Rotation | The spinning motion of a planet about its axis. |
Revolution | The movement of an object around another object. |
Orbit | The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space. |
Tides | The daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on shores. |
Gravity | The attractive force between two objects; its magnitude depends on their masses and the distance between them. |
Satellite | Any object that revolves around another object. |
Phase | One of the shapes of the moon as seen form Earth. |
Crater | A round pit of the moon's surface. |
Maria | Dark,flat regions on the moons surface. |
Core | The central part of the sun, where nuclear fusion occurs. |
Comet | A ball of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long, narrow eclipse; it has a "glowing tail" up to 100 million miles long. |
Asteroids | Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets. |
Asteroid belt | The region of the solar system between the orbits of mars and jupiter, where many asteroids are found. |
Meteoroid | A chunk of rock or dust in space. |
Meteorite | A meteoroid that has hit Earth's surface. |
Space Station | A man made laboratory orbiting Earth. |