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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 force that pulls objects toward each other

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Comet

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

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Crater

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid

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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,primarily hydrogen an helium that undergoes nuclear fusion.

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Gravity

a force that pulls objects toward each other

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Planets

a celestial body moving in an elliptival orbit around a star

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moon

a natural objects 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 outer planets

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star

the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun.

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terrestrial

the name of the inner planets

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dwarf planet

a small body of matter form outer space that enters the earth atmosphere appearing as a streak of light

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light year

a celestial body resemling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classified as much.

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kuiper belt

the distance light travels in one year

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meteor

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

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Universe

all of space and everything in it