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vocab terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| solar system | the sun and all of the planets and other bodies travel around it. |
| galaxy | a collection of star ,dust , and gas bound together by gravity |
| planet | a relatively large spherical body that orbit a star. |
| lightyear | the distance that light travels in one year about 9.46 trillion kilometers. |
| star | a large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light. |
| universe | space and all the matter and energy in it. |
| luminosity | the actual brightness of an object such as a star. |
| apparent magnitude | the brightness of the star as seem from earth. |
| absolute magnitude | any method of measuring of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance. |