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Asteroid

A small rocky body orbiting the sun

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Asteroid belt

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

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Atmosphere

A mixture of gasses that surround 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 meteorite

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Galaxy

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

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Gas giant

The outer planets

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Gravity

A force that pulls objects close to each other.

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Planets

A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.

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moon

A natural objects that orbits the planets

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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 an 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 8 planets and there moon orbit around the sun

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star

A ball of hot gas mainly hydrogen or helium

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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.

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Light year

The distance light travels in a year

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Kuiper belt

A region of solar systems just beyond the orbit of Jupiter.

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Meteor

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

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Universe

All of space and everything in it