Characteristics of Stars/ the Sun
Kinds of Stars
Constellations/ stargazing
Star Groups
Other Space Objects
100
The brightness of a star
What is magnitude?
100
a pair of stars that appear to change in magnitude because one star eclipses the other star
What is an Eclipsing variable star?
100
stars in a shape of a woman
What is Cassiopeia?
100
more than thirty galaxies in it including the Milky Way
What is the Local Group?
100
a rocky substance out in space
What is a meteoroid?
200
Star that is 93,000,000 miles away from Earth and is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, and 2% other elements
What is the Sun?
200
goes through a period of swelling and brightening, then shrinking and dimming, the absolute magnitude actually changes
What is a Pulsating variable star?
200
invented a reflecting telescope
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
200
two stars grouped together because of gravity
What is the Binary System?
200
irregularly shaped pieces of rock, metal, and dust
What is an asteroid?
300
The distance light travels in one year
What is a lightyear?
300
The death explosion of a star
What is Supernova?
300
bends light to make objects seem larger
What is a refracting telescope?
300
two stars
What is Beta Lyrai?
300
any meteoriod that hits the earth's surface
What is meteorite?
400
Depends on temperature, size, and distance from earth
What is magnitude?
400
means "new" but is not a new star, it is the result of and existing star suddenly flaring up and becoming hundreds or thousands times brighter
What is nova
400
the belief that the movement and positions of the moon, sun, stars, and planets influence people's lives
What is astrology?
400
three or four stars grouped together
What is the Multiple Star Group?
400
area between Mars and Jupiter where asteroids are found
What is an asteroid belt?
500
the sun's diameter
What is 865,000 miles?
500
A cloud of interstellar gases and debris
What is a nebula?
500
the scientific study of the stars and heavenly objects
What is astronomy?
500
a group of several thousands to a million stars arranged in a ball
What is a Globular Cluster?
500
icy chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits around the sun
What is a comet?
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