Earth/Space Vocab
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| Universe | A whole body of things that exist
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| Atmosphere | The mass of gasses surrounding a heavenly body (planet)
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| Star | A natural body visible in the sky, especially at night, that gives off light
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| Satellite | A celestial body orbiting around the Earth or another planet
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| Comets | Bright, heavenly bodies that develop a cloudy tail as they move closer to the sun
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| Asteroids | One of thousands of small planets between Mercury and Jupiter
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| Meteoroids | Small bodies of matter in the solar system seen when falling into our atmosphere
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| Astronomy | The science of heavenly bodies and their sizes/motions/makeups
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| Dwarf planet | An object the size of a planet but is NOT a planet, moon or satellite
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| Solar system | A star with a group of heavenly bodies that revolve around it
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| Rotation | To turn on an axis or center
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| Revolution | To move in an orbit((One Earth revolution takes 365.25 days)
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| Elliptical orbit | The orbit path of some planets that is oval shaped like a flattened circle
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| Orbit | The path taken by one body circling around another body
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| Axis | A straight line on which a body(ex. planet) rotates
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| Gravity | The force of attraction between particles. It gets stronger as mass increases
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| Seasons | Four quarters into which the year is commonly divided
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| Tilt | A sloping surface or slant. The Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees
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