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Earth and Gravity Vocabulary

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The distance light travels in a year
Light year
A cloud of gas and dust which new stars form
Nebula
A gigantic explosion that occurs near the end of a star
Super nova
A point in space where there is such a strong gravity that nothing within a certain distance can escape
Black hole
A huge system of stars, dust and gas held together by gravity
Galaxy
A group of stars that form a pattern
Constellation
Sun and all the bodies that orbit it
Solar system
One full orbit of an object
Revolution
An imaginary line around which the earth rotates
Axis
A frozen mass of ice and dust orbiting the sun
Comet
One whole spin of an object
Rotation
A rocky mass that revolves around the sun
Asteroid
An object in orbit around another object
Satellite