Orbits Vocab List #2

Front

An object at rest stays at rest; an object in motion stays in motion.

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Inertia

Front

Energy of movement; greater speed & mass = greater kinetic energy.

Back

Kinetic Energy

Front

Path of an object revolving around another

Back

Orbit

Front

Speed of an orbiting body at any time

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Orbital Velocity

Front

Closest point in a planet's orbit to the sun

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Perihelion

Front

Time taken by a planet to orbit the sun

Back

Period

Front

Largest non-star celestial objects revolving around a star; Earth and 7 other planets orbit our sun.

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Planet

Front

A planet's movement around the sun in a path called an orbit.

Back

Revolution

Front

Spinning of an object on an imaginary axis

Back

Rotation

Front

Star at the center of our solar system

Back

Sun