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Solar System and Space

Vocabulary words and phrases for Science and the Challenger Challenge

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magnitudethe brightness of a star
simulationartificial environment set up like an actual environment used for practice or training of a specific place
rendezvousappointed meeting place
constellationa formation of stars that are looked upon as a figure or design
supernovathe explosion accompanying the death of a massive star as its core collapses
mission status monitora set of televisions screens showing a variety of info
cometthe dirty snowball that is a small celestial body composed mainly of ice and dust
planetone of nine bodies of the solar system that are more dense than comets
gasessubstances that are not liquids or solids. It has no shape or size of its own but can completely fill an enclosure
asteroidsmall rocky member of the solar system that are more dense than comets


Russ Przybylski

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