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Moon-sun-earth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Satellite | A body that orbits a planet |
| Star | A giant ball of superheated gas |
| Planet | Spherical, orbits the Sun with a larger mas stem nearby objects |
| Meteor | A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up in earths atmosphere |
| Comet | A cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun |
| Constellation | A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal or object. |
| Geocentric | Earth centered model |
| Heliocentric | Sun centered model |
| Ellipse | A oval shape of planets orbit |
| Sun | Largest object in our solar system |
| Planet | |
| Axis | An imaginary line that passes from North to South Pole |
| Rotation | Spinning of earth on its axis |
| Revolution | The movement of one object around another |
| Orbit | Earths path |
| Solstice | Sun appears highest in the sky |
| Equinox | Halfway between solstices neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun |
| Gravity | The force that attracts all objects toward each other |
| Law of universal gravitation | States every object in the universe attracts every other object the strength of the force of gravity between two objects depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them. |
| Inertia | Tendency of an object to resist a change in motion |