Earth and Space Science Vocabulary - CA #12
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| Solar System | Made up of a star and the planets and other space objects that revolve around it.
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| Elliptical | Oval shaped. "The orbits of the planets in our solar system are not perfect circles, they are elliptical."
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| Planet | A large round body that revolves around a single star in it's own orbit. *All of these space objects in our galaxy orbit the sun.
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| Comet | A chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice and dust orbiting the sun. *This space object's TAIL points away from the sun.
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| Asteroid | A chunk of rock or iron less than 1,000 k (621 mi) in diameter that orbits the sun. *This space object does NOT have a tail.
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| Dwarf Planet | A nearly round body, slightly smaller than a planet, whose orbit crosses another body. *This space object does NOT have it's own orbit. (Example: Pluto)
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| Galaxy | Made up of dust, gases and many stars. Held together by gravity.
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| Sun | A star.
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| Milky Way | The galaxy earth in which earth is found.
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| Diameter | A type of measurement for spheres, This form of measurement distinguishes how large or small a circle or round object is.
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| Moons | Orbit other planets. *NOT considered planets because they do not orbit, or revolve, around stars (or the sun).
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| Jovian Planets | Another name for "outer planets" or "gas giants"
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| Mercury | Smallest planet in our solar system. *inner planet
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| Jupiter | Largest planet in our solar system. *outer planet
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| Revolution | When an object circles an external axis (like the Earth circles, or orbits, the sun)
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| Rotation | When an object turns around an internal axis (like the Earth turns around its axis)
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| Axis | An imaginary line about which a body, or planet, rotates. *Earth completes a rotation it's ___ every 24 hours.
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