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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| solar system | the sun and all of other planets |
| galaxy | a collection of stars |
| planet | a realatively large spherical body that orbits a star |
| light year | the light that travels in one year about 9.46 trillion kilometers |
| star | a larger celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light |
| universe | space and all the matter of energy in it |
| luminosity | that brightness of an object such as a star |
| apparent magnitude | the brightness of a str as seen from earth |
| absolute magnitude | a measurement of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a stander distnce |