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vocab 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 gravity |
| planet | A relativity large body that orbits the star |
| light years | the distance that light travels in one year about 9.46 trillion kilometers. |
| star | A large body that is composed of gas and that emits light the sun is a typical star |
| universe | space and matter and energy and all in it |
| luminosity | the actual brightness of an object such as a star |
| 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. |