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Vocab term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Solar system | the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it. |
| Galaxy | a collection of stars,dust,and gas bound together by gravity |
| Planet | a relatively large spherical body that orbits star |
| Light year | the distance that light travels in one year about 9.46 trillion kilometers. |
| Star | a large celestial body that i s composed of gas and that emits light;the sun is a typical star. |
| Universe | space and all matter and energy in it . |
| Luminosity | the actual brightness of an object such as a star. |
| Apparent magnitude | the brightness of the star as seen from Earth. |
| Absolute magnitude | any method of measuring of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance. |