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science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Solar system | the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that 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 |
| Light year | the distance that light travel in one year about 9.46 trillion kilometers |
| Star | A large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emit light the sun is typical star |
| Universe | a space 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 |
| Absolute Magnitude | a measure of how bright a star would be if it were seen from standard distance |