Objects in Space
An icy object with a long orbit that will produce a tail of dust and gas when it nears a star
When the Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, the season is ________.
Summer
When the Northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it is experiencing this season.
Winter
This kind of telescope is easier to build and operate, but the pictures it takes are less clear.
Ground telescopes
Any natural or man-made object that orbits a planet
Satellite
June 21st marks the beginning of this season.
Summer
December 21st marks the beginning of this season
Winter
This kind of telescope takes better images, but is expensive and risky to operate.
Space telescopes
When an object burns up in a planets atmosphere leaving behind a streak of light
Meteor
March 21st marks the beginning of this season
Spring
The Northern and Southern hemispheres face the sun equally on these two days every year
Equinox (spring and autumn)
This type of observation method is able to map the entire surface of a far-away object.
Orbiting craft
When an object passes through a planet's atmosphere and impacts the surface.
Meteorite
The Northern and Southern hemispheres experience the most extreme difference in daylight and night time during these two days each year.
Solstice (summer and winter)
When the Northern hemisphere is experiencing spring, the Southern hemisphere is experiencing this season
Autumn (fall)
This is the first spacecraft to ever leave our solar system and it continues to fly further away.
Voyager 1
An object too small and unevenly shaped to be considered a planet
Asteroid
During the summer solstice, the arctic circle gets this many hours of daylight.
24 hours
The Earth's axis is tilted this many degrees.
23.5 degrees
The James Webb telescope is able to see more than any other telescope before it because it captures images in this kind of light
Infrared light