Solar System Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Orbit

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The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity

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Solar system

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The sun and its family of orbiting planets and moons and other objects

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Galaxy

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Millions and billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity

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Universe

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Space and all matter and energy in it

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Satellite

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An object that orbits a more massive object

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Impact crater

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A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet after a smaller object strikes the surface

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Rotation

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The motion of one body around another, such as earth orbits around the sun

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Revolution

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An instance of revolving

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Season

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One of a temperature changes and weather trends over the course of a year

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10
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Equinox

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Solstice

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I’m an orbit a position and time during which one hemisphere receives the maximum sunlight

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Mare

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13
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Eclipse

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14
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Umbra

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15
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Penumbra

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Astronomical unit (AU)

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Ellipse

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Terrestrial planet

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Gas giant

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Asteroid

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Meteor

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Meteorite

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Geocentric

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Heliocentric
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Gravity
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Tide
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Waxing
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Waning
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Gibbous moon
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Crescent moon
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Full moon
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New moon
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Quarter moon
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Perihelion
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Aphelion
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