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Unit 2 Lesson 1 & 2
Vocabs Terms
| 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 gravaty |
| Planet | A relatively large spherical body that orbits a stars |
| Light year | The distance that light travels in one ypear about 9.46 trillion killoments . |
| Star | A large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light the sun is a typical stars. |
| Universe | Spaceand all the matter and energy in it |
| Luminosity | The actual brightness of an objects such as a stars |
| Apparent magnitude | The brightness of a star as seen from earth |
| Absolute magnitude | A measure of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance |