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Pedroza Maria

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Solar System   The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it.  
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Star   A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion.  
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Stellar Spectra   Continuous black body spectrum and photo-sphere.  
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Planet   An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity. and has cleared the area of its orbit.  
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Solar Nebula   A large cloud of gas and dust such as the one that formed our solar system.  
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Gas Giant   The name given to the first four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.  
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Nuclear Fusion   The process by which two or more small nuclei fuse to make a bigger nucleus.  
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Main Sequence   The location on the H-R diagram where most stars lie.  
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HR Diagram   A graph relating the temperature and brightness of a star.  
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Nebula   A large cloud of gas and dust in space.  
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Red Giant   A large, reddish star late in its life cycle.  
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White Dwarf   A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star.  
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Nova   A star that suddenly becomes brighter.  
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Neutron Star   A star that has collapsed under its own gravity.  
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Pulsar   A rapidly spinning neutron star that produces radio waves.  
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Blackhole   A region of space having a gravitational force so intense that no matter can escape  
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Astronomy   The study of space, the universe and celestial bodies.  
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Big Bang Theory    
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Doppler Shift    
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Red Shift    
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Blue Shift    
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Frequency    
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Wavelength    
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Absolute Brightness (magnitude)    
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Apparent Brightness (magnitude)    
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Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)    
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Universe    
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Galaxy    
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Electromagnetic Spectrum    
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AU-Astronomical unit    
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Convective Zone    
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Photosphere    
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Chromosphere    
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Corona    
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Sunspot    
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Prominence    
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Solar Flare    
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Coronal mass ejection    
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Light year    
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Parallax    
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Constellations    
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Cosmology    
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