Vocab 4-3

Aster

• A small star-shaped flower

• A star-shaped character used to mark something important. *

• A large metal or rock object that orbits the Sun or another star

Asterisk

• A small star-shaped flower

• A star-shaped character used to mark something important. *

• A large metal or rock object that orbits the Sun or another star

Asteroid

• A small star-shaped flower

• A star-shaped character used to mark something important. *

• A large metal or rock object that orbits the Sun or another star

Astrodome

• A transparent dome on top of an airplane

• An old instrument used to get information about stars

• A person trained to travel and work in spacecraft

Astrolabe

• A transparent dome on top of an airplane

• An old instrument used to get information about stars

• A person trained to travel and work in spacecraft

Astronaut

• A transparent dome on top of an airplane

• An old instrument used to get information about stars

• A person trained to travel and work in spacecraft

Astronomer

• A scientist who studies objects in space

• An unimaginably large amount

• The part of physics that studies the universe

Astronomical

• A scientist who studies objects in space

• An unimaginably large amount

• The part of physics that studies the universe

Astronomy

• A scientist who studies objects in space

• An unimaginably large amount

• The part of physics that studies the universe

Astrophysics

• A scientist who studies objects in space

• An unimaginably large amount

• The part of physics that studies the physical and chemical properties of planets, stars, and other things in space.