astronomy vocabulary
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| The average distance between the Earth and the Sun | Astronomical Unit
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| The small,dense, rocky planets of the inner solar system | Terrestrial planets
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| The counter-clockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planet's north pole | Prograde rotation
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| the clockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planet's north pole | Retrograde rotation
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| The large,gaseous planets of the outer solar system | Gas giants
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| A natural or artificial body that rovolves around a planet | Satellite
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| An event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another | Eclipse
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| A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun | Comet
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| A small, rocky body that revolves around the sun | Asteroid
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| The region of the solar system most asteroids occupy; roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter | Asteroid Belt
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| A very small, rocky body that revolves around the sun | Meteoroid
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| A meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely | Meteorite
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| A streak of light caused when a meteoroid or comet dust burns up in the Earth's atmosphere | Meteor
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