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16 Cards in this Set

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Star
Burning sphere of gases (sun)
Comet
Small mass of ice and dust that orbits the sun
Telescope
Instrument used to observe a distant object (reflecting telescopes can be used from your home because it magnifies distant objects)
Axis
Imaginary line that Earth rotates around
Gas Giant
Large spheres made mostly of gases
Satellite
An object that moves around another
Planet
Large object that moves around a star
Outer Planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Solar System
Central star and the objects that move around it
Space Probe
Vehicle sent to explore space (does not include people)
Inner Planets
Planets between the asteroid belt and the sun- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Orbit
Path an object takes when revolving around another object
Asteroids
Objects that move between Mars and Jupiter
Rotation
Spinning movement of Earth
Phases
Changes in apparent shape of the moon
Revolution
Movement of Earth around the sun