Space Vocabulary Flashcards


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Asteroid

A small rocky body orbiting the sun

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Asteroid belt

The region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

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Atmosphere

A mixture of gasses that surrounds a planet or moon

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Comet

A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail

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Crater

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteroroid

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Galaxy

A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

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Gas giant

A ball of hot gas, prinarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion.

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Gravity

A force that pulls objects together

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Planets

A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star

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Moon

A natural object that orbits a planet

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Milky way

The galaxy containing the solar system

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Orbit

The path an object follows as it moves around another object

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Revolution

The movement of an object around another object

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Rotation

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

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Solar System

The collection of eight okanets and their moons in orbit around the sun

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Star

A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion

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Terrestrial

The name of the inner planets

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Dwarf Planet

A celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classified as such

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Light Year

The distance light travels in one year

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Kuiper Belt

A region of the solar system that is just beyond the orbit of Neptune

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Meteor

A small body of matter from outer space that enter the atmosphere appearing as a streak of light

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Universe

All of space and everything in it