Description

Meteor that reaches the ground
Debris in the solar system
When light shifts toward shorter wavelengths as objects are moving closer to you
Drags solar debris away from the sun
The place where the planet is closest to the Sun and moves the fastest
How far light travels in one year
The study of celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
1 of the 3 layers of the Sun we can see
The apparent movement of orientation of an object viewed from two different places
Have massive atmospheres of gas
Have solid, rocky surfaces like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth
Name for the "outer planets." Ex. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Dark spots on the moon
Start of Fall
Outer edge of the solar system containing pluto; believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice.
Also known as a cosmic year, it is the time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
First Day of Spring
The mean distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun (a unit of measure).
Part of the sun you can only see during an eclipse
Sun-centered
The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
A giant cloud of dust and gas in space
Beginning of summer
Common name for aurora borealis
Bending of light
Light shifting toward longer wavelengths as objects are moving away from you
Look like stars, but contain massive black holes and may represent a stage in the evolution of some galaxies.
Group of stars that form a pattern
The reddish, gaseous layer of the sun that we see
Our spiral of the Milky Way galaxy
Most common theory for universe "birth"
The amount of elongation in an ellipse
Has such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even light and electromagnetic radiation such as light can escape from inside it.
Fragments of rock that orbit the sun
A celestial object with a nucleus of ice and dust; when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles point away from the sun.
Phase of the moon between the full moon and the new moon - a moon that is getting smaller every night
Phase of the moon between the new moon and the full moon - a moon that gets bigger each night

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The Solar System

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