Space and Technology Vocabulary

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Optical Telescope

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A telescope that uses lenses or mirrors to gather visible light.

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Space Telescope

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A telescope that floats in space.

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Radio Telescope

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A telescope that records radio waves that are given off by objects in space and that can be used to make images.

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Radio Wave

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Invisible waves that travel through space and that can carry information.

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Space Probe

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Unpiloted spacecraft that leave Earth’s orbit.

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Rover

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Robot explorers sent to other planets and moons.

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Orbit

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The path a revolving object follows.

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Revolution

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One complete trip around an object in a circular or nearly circular path.

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Rotation

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The act of spinning around on an axis.

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Axis

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A real or imaginary line that a spinning object turns around.