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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Astronomical | The average distance between the earth and the sun approximately 150millon kilometers |
| Inter planets | Mercury venous mars earth Tresical planets |
| Outer planets | Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Gass giants They are mad mostly of gas |
| Tressestrial | One of the highly dense planets nearest to murcury Venus mars and earth |
| Prograde rotation | The counter clock wise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planets North Pole rotation in the same direction as the sun |
| Retrograde rotation | The clock wise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planets North Pole |
| Gas giant | A planet that has a deep massive atmosphere such as Jupiter Saturn Uranus or sateen |
| Satellite | A natural or artificial body that revolves Around a plant |
| Phase | The change in the sun lit area of one celestial body as seen in the celestial body |
| Eclipse | An event in witch the shadow of one celestial body falls on another |
| Comet | A small of ice rock and cosmic dust that follows and eclipse orbit around the sun and that gives it passes close to the sun Like a dirty snow ball |
| Asteroid | A small rocky objet that is between the orbits of mars and Jupiter |
| Asteroid belt | The region of the solver system that is between the orbits of mars and Jupiter and in witch most asteroid orbit |
| Meteoroid | A relatively small and rocky body that travels through space |
| Meteorite | A meteoroid that reaches the earth surface without burning up completely |
| Meteor | A bright streak of light thag results when a meteoroid burns up in the earths atmosphere |
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