Unit 9 - SPACE - Vocabulary

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inhabitable

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suitable to live in; habitable

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uninhabitable

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unsuitable for living in

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exoplanet

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any planet that is outside of our solar system

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planet

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a natural object in outer space moving around a star in an orbit

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solar system

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the area around a star and everything that orbits it

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orbit

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regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

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galaxy

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a black hole that has a huge collection of stars and their solar systems orbiting it

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black hole

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an area of space where gravity is so strong that light cannot escape.