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Vocab term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| star | A large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light6 the sun is a typical star . |
| light year | The distance that light travels in one year about 9.46 trillion .kilometers |
| planet | A relatively large spherical body that orbits a star. |
| galaxy | A collection of stars dust and gas bound together by gravity . |
| solar system | the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travels around it. |
| univers | 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 a star as seen from earth . |