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Earth and Space Science Vocabulary - CA #12

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show Made up of a star and the planets and other space objects that revolve around it.  
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Elliptical   show
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Planet   show
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show 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   show
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Dwarf Planet   show
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Galaxy   show
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show A star.  
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Milky Way   show
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Diameter   show
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show Orbit other planets. *NOT considered planets because they do not orbit, or revolve, around stars (or the sun).  
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Jovian Planets   show
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Mercury   show
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show Largest planet in our solar system. *outer planet  
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Revolution   show
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show When an object turns around an internal axis (like the Earth turns around its axis)  
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show An imaginary line about which a body, or planet, rotates. *Earth completes a rotation it's ___ every 24 hours.  
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