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Chapter 21 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asteroids | Small, rocky objects |
| Comet | made of gas, dust and ice and moves around the Sun in an oval-shaped orbit. |
| Astronomical Unit | The average distance from Earth to the Sun about 150 million km. |
| Period of Revolution | The time it takes an object to travel once around the Sun . |
| Period of Rotation | The time it takes an object to complete one rotation. |
| Terrestrial Planets | The planets closest to the Sun. made of rock and metal. |
| Greenhouse Effect | When a planet's atmosphere traps solar energy and causes the surface temperature to increase. |
| Galilean Moons | The Four largest Moons of Jupiter-Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. |
| Meteoroid | A small, rocky particle that moves through space |
| Meteor | A streak of light in Earth's atmosphere |
| Meteorite | A meteoroid that Strikes a planet or moon |
| Impact Crater | A round depression formed on the surface of a planet or moon formed by a meteorite |