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TermDefinition
Light Year distance that light travels in a year.
Astronomical Unit 150,000,000 kilometers
Universe All of space and everything in it
Galaxy group of stars
Star Ball of gas
Planet sphere like object that orbits the Sun.
Dwarf Planets smaller version of a planet
Moons natural satellites.
Asteroids rocky bodies
Comet loose ball of ice and rock
Spectra visible light
Wavelength electromagnetic wave-lengths
Hertzsprung Russell Diagram A graph for stars
Big Bang Theory Theory that the universe formed in a instant
Absolute Magnitude super close or spot on
Apparent Magnitude around that area
Sun a big star
Sunspot areas of plasma
Solar Flare erupt in space.
Prominence loops of plasma that are polarized.
Corona white halo around the Sun
Photosphere Inner Layer of Sun's atmosphere
Chromosphere Middle Layer of Sun's atmosphere
Radiative Zone gamma rays
Convective Zone outmost layer
Core enormous amount of energy
Rotation spinning on axis
Revolution movement of one object
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