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MadScience 2

Outer Space

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How bright a star looks apparent magnitude
How bright a star actually is absolute magnitude
The apparent shift in position of an object when it is viewed from different locations parallax
The average distance between Earth and the sun astronomical unit
The star above Earth's northern axis Polaris
Another name for Polaris The North Star
The distance light can travel in one year light year
The distance light can travel in one minute light minute
Earth's distance from the sun in light minutes 8.3 light minutes
The distance from our sun to its nearest neighboring star in light years 4.22 light years
Some galaxies and other groups of stars look like single stars in the night sky because they are _____________________________. far away
Stars appear to move around the sky because _______________________. Earth is moving
Polaris is at the end of this constellation's handle Little Dipper
The fastest thing in the universe light
From Pluto our sun would look ______________ bright compared to how it looks from Earth less
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