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Unit 8 Earth & Space

Vocabulary Words

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RevolutionWhen the planets travels around the sun.
Elliptical OrbitsEllipse shaped orbits whit two foci.
HeliocentricModel that has the sun at its center.
GeocentricModel tat has earth at its center.
ZenithPoint in the sky directly above the observer.
satellitesA smaller object revolving around a larger object.
orbitThe path and object takes around a star.
perihelionIs the closest to the sun.
aphelionthe farthest away from the sun.
TerrestialPlanets made of solid rock.
JovianPlanets made of gas.
Rotationwhen a planet spins completely on its axis.
AurorasElectrons from the sun's sunspots pulled into the earth atmosphere(northern lights)
CometDirty Snowball.
MeteorMeteorid entering the earths atmosphere.
Asteroidlarge rock sizes of new jersey made up of metal cores orbiting the sun between the planets mars and jupiter.
Retrograde motionWhen an planet apears to be moving west to east.
Celestial sphereAn inmaginary sphere serounding the earth.
Celestial ObjectAny thing thats outside the celestial sphere.


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