Solar System vocab flashcard

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Large metal, rock, and dust ball found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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Asteroid

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Object orbiting the Sun, made of frozen water and dust, with a gas and dust tail pointing away from the Sun; formed far from the Sun.

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Comet

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Force of attraction between masses.

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Gravity

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A small piece of matter from space that burns up in Earth's atmosphere, also called a shooting star.

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Meteor

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Path an object follows around another in space

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Orbit

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A revolution is

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one complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object.

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Spinning of an object on its axis is called ___________

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Rotation/Rotate

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Force of gravity at a celestial body's surface is called ____________.

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Surface Gravity

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A large celestial body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light.

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Planet

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Any object in space.

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Celestial Object/Celestial Body