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Science Space System
Space Systems Exploration Vocab set 5 and 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Annular eclipse | a type of solar eclipse in which the moon is too far away from Earth to cover the Sun completely so the outer edge of the Syn is visible as a ring |
| Solar eclipse | The blocking of a sun's light that can occur during a new moon |
| Solar Wind | the conscious flow of charged particles out of the sun's corona into the surrounding system |
| corona | the outer layer of gases that make up the sun's atmosphere |
| atmosphere | a blanket of gas that surrounds a planet or celestial body |
| asteroid | a rocky body smaller than a planet that orbits the sun |
| Dwarf planet | a smaller celestial body in space that resembles a planet but does not have the gravitational strength to clear debris from its orbital path around the sun |
| meteorite | a piece of rocky material that centers Earth's atmosphere |