space

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13 cards·by jonathan.hill

light year

the distance light travels in year

Nebula

A cloud of gas and dust in which new stars form

Super nova

a gigantic explosion that occurs near the end of a star

Black hole

a point in space where there is such a strong gravity that nothing within a certain distance can escape

Galaxy

a huge system of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

Constellation

a group of stars that form a pattern

Solar system

sun and the bodies that orbit it.

Revolution

one full orbit of the sun

Axis

an imaginary line around which earth rotates

Comet

a frozen mass of ice and dust orbiting the sun

Rotation

one whole spin of an object.

Asteroid

a rocky mass that revolves around the sun

Satellite

an object in orbit around another abject