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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| satellite | an object, natural (like the Moon) or artificial (like a GPS device), that orbits a larger body |
| Meteor | the bright streak of light from a space rock (meteoroid) burning up as it enters Earth's atmosphere |
| Asteroid | star-like |
| Comet | a celestial body, like a "dirty snowball" of ice, dust, and rock, that orbits the Sun, developing a glowing head (coma) and a visible tail of gas and dust as it nears the sun, often appearing as a fast-moving, fuzzy streak in the sky |
| Meteorite | a solid piece of space debris (from an asteroid, comet, or meteoroid) that survives its fiery passage through a planet's atmosphere and lands on its surface |
| Meteoroid | a small rocky or metallic body in outer space, significantly smaller than an asteroid |
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| Telescope | |
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| Dwarf planet | |
| Tide |