click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
vocabulay
sci
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solar system | The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it. |
| planet | A relatively large spherical body that orbits a star |
| star | A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid |
| galaxy | A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity |
| light-year | The distance that light travels in one year: about 9.46 trillion kilometers |
| universe | Space and all the matter and energy in it |
| apparent magnitude | The brightness of a star as seen from Earth |
| luminosity | The actual brightness of an object such as a star |
| absolute magnitude | Absolute magnitude is a measure of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance |