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A hot globe of gases that produces its own light STAR
The Earth turns completely around on its axis once in 24 hours ROTATION
A picture or pattern of stars in the sky CONSTELLATION
Circles a star and does not produce its own light PLANET
Twinkles STAR
An imaginary line stretching between the North and South Poles AXIS
The North Star POLARIS
The Earth is at the center of the Solar System GEOCENTRIC MODEL
The Sun is at the center of the Solar System HELIOCENTRIC MODEL
Uses 2 lenses to gather light and produce an image REFRACTING TELESCOPE
Uses mirrors to gather light and produce an image REFLECTING TELESCOPE
Small objects in space made of ice, dust, gas and rock that orbit the sun and have a tail COMET
Rocky objects, smaller than planets that orbit the sun ASTEROID
Piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth's atmosphere METEOR
The remaining material from a meteor that has landed on the ground METEORITE
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