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constellation vocab
| question | answers |
|---|---|
| ratios are equal | Proportional relationship |
| brightest star and it is in canis major constellation | Sirius |
| north or south celestial poles where stars look the same all year round | Circumpolar association |
| you can see certain constellation at certain time of the year | Seasonal association |
| a way to label the stars using Greek letters from brightest(alpha)then beta | Bayer system |
| a group of stars with shapes and names | Constellation |
| a group of stars that share a common origin and are bawd together | Cluster |
| a star that is directly above earth axis | Polaris |
| large spiral of many many stars and includes the stars (sun) | Proportional relationship |
| a pattern of stars that is not a constellation | Asterism |
| the band of sky that it looks like the sun and moon and planets seam to move. 13 constellations | Zodiac |
| a change in how the earth rotates on it axis (wobble) | Precession |
| measuring the speed velocity momentum direction stance, relativity and probability. | Geometric association |
| the circle path that it looks like the sun is taking with the constellations in the background (carousel) | Ecliptic |
| the myth that people used to explain how the stars came about | Myth association |
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Brehan
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