Astronomy Vocabulary

A large object that revolves around the sun or another star

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• planet

• constellation

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A complete trip of a planet around the sun

• asteroid

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

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The spinning of a planet on an axis

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• solstic

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The sun and the many objects in space that move around the sun

• asteroid

• universe

• galaxy

• solar system

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A day during which the sun's direct rays point toward one of the tropics

• solstice

• equinox

• universe

• solar system

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All the matter and energy that exists

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• comet

The elliptical path that a body takes as it travels around another body in space

• orbit

• solar system

• revolution

• rotation

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The spiral galaxy in which our solar system is found

• Snickers Galaxy

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Oreo Galaxy

• universe

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A rocky body that moves through space and is smaller than an asteroid

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

• orbit

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A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses and distances between the objects

• equinox

• solstice

• galaxy

• gravitational force

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