Night Sky
bits of debris that burn up in the atmosphere
What is a shooting star?
Name for Polaris, the north star.
What is Hoku Pa'a?
These are chunks of rock and metal that orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
What are asteroids?
This is how long it takes Earth to orbit the Sun.
What are 365 days?
This planet is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
the regular apparent path of the sun across the sky
What is the ecliptic?
Common name for the constellation Scorpio.
What is Maui's fish hook?
They have a head and tail. Orbiting the sun, they are illuminated by reflected sunlight.
What are comets?
Earth's satellite, revolves around the Earth.
What is the moon?
These planets are made of rocks and metals
What are terrestrial planets?
This planet is called the morning or evening star because it appears around sunset and before sunrise.
What is Venus?
Hawaiian constellation that forms a ring in the sky
What is Hokulei?
A band of frozen debris beyond the orbit of Neptune.
What is The Kuiper Belt?
The season occurring in the southern hemisphere, when it is spring in the northern hemisphere.
What is fall?
Very hot planet because it's atmosphere traps radiation like a greenhouse.
What is Venus?
These are patterns of stars in the sky that, to some people, seem to be in the shapes of pictures.
What are constellations?
Hawaiian constellation located at Orion's belt.
What is Lanalana?
The new category for pluto.
What is a dwarf planet?
The names of the planets in order from the sun.
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Planet with the most Earth rovers roaming its surface.
What is Mars?
the "dog star"
What is Sirius?
The European name for the Hawaiian constellation:
Na Wahine o Makali'i
What is the Pleiades?
Debris that shares a planet's orbit, revolving around the sun ahead or behind the planet.
What are trojan asteroids?
The reason why we always see the same side of the moon from Earth.
What is Tidal Locking?
Classical name for the planets with ring systems.
Who are The Jovian planets?