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A burning ball of gas that gives off light and heat
What is a star?
A rocky object that revolves around the sun
What is asteroid?
A system of millions of stars, gas and dust
What is a galaxy?
Oval shaped like a flattened circle
What is elliptical?
The name of the galaxy in which our solar system resides
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
Orbiting of a planet around the sun, that is the length of its year
What is revolution?
A celestial object that orbits planets; nearer to Earth than any other object in the solar system
What is a moon?
A bright streak that passes through Earth's atmosphere (shooting star)
What is meteor?
The sun and everything that orbits or travels around the sun.
What is solar system?
A ball of ice, dust and gases that travels through space and orbits the sun
What is a comet?
Piece of meteoroid that lands on Earth after passing through the atmosphere
What is a meterorite?
An instrument that uses mirrors and lenses to bend and focus light
What is telescope?
The largest star in the center of our solar system
What is the Sun?
A representation of how something looks or works
What is model?
A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
What is a constellation?
How scientists group stars
What is size, brightness and color?
Spinning of a planet on its axis
What is rotation?
Ring of asteroids that sits between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. Contains millions of objects too small to be planets
What is Asteroid Belt?
A celestial object that orbits the sun
What is planet?
Color of a star depend on this
What is temperature?
One of these is the distance from the Sun to the Earth
What is astronomical unit?
Disc-shaped area of the solar system found further from the Sun than Neptune. Area is filled with many small bodies including asteroids, comets and icy objects. Most dwarf planets are found here
What is Kuiper Belt?
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
What are the Inner Planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
What are the outer planets?
The distance light can travel in a year
What is light year?