
Solar System Vocabulary
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6th Grade
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Lori Knight
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Planet
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A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
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Solar System
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The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
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Astronomical Unit
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A unit of measurement equal to 149.6 million kilometers (93 million miles) the distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun.
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Asteroid
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A small rocky body orbiting the sun, found mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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Comet
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A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust. When near the sun, a 'tail' of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun is visible.
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Meteoroid
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A small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.
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Meteor
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A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
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