Astronomy
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- Q1sun-centered model of the universeheliocentric30s
- Q2earth-centered model of the universegeocentric30s
- Q3oval orbitellipse30s
- Q4a ball of ice and dust that becomes lit as it travels close to the suncomet30s
- Q5a group of stars that is imagined to look like a picture of a person, thing, or animalconstellation30s
- Q6a large ball of burning gas in space mostly composed of oxygen and heliumstar30s
- Q7an object in space that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbitplanet30s
- Q8a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmospheremeteor30s
- Q9an object that orbits a planetsatellite30s
- Q10an object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motioninertia30s
- Q11A force that pulls objects toward each othergravity30s
- Q12A measure of the force of gravity on an objectweight30s
- Q13Each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal lengthequinox30s
- Q14Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.solstice30s
- Q15a system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year.calendar30s