Astronomy Vocabulary
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- Q1Earth and all of the other planets that orbit our sunSolar System30s
- Q2large celestial body that orbits a starPlanet30s
- Q3the star in the center of our solar systemSun30s
- Q4large sphere of super-heated plasma that gives of light and other radiationStar30s
- Q5large planet in the outer part of the solar system made gasGas Giant30s
- Q6small celestial body that orbits a planetMoon30s
- Q7collection of solar systems spiraling around a black hole in the center of the galaxy. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way.Galaxy30s
- Q8all of known spaceUniverse30s
- Q9one trip around the sun (year)Revolution30s
- Q10Slow movement in Earth's axis (26,000 years). It changes which stars we can see.Precession30s
- Q11small "wobble" in the precession path. It has a small impact on climateNutation30s
- Q12Center of mass (balancing point) between two or more objectsBarycenter30s
- Q13oval shaped path that our planet moves inElliptical30s
- Q14the splitting of atoms, releasing a lot of energyfission30s
- Q15transfer of energy through electromagnetic wavesradiation30s