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| MOON | natural satellite that revolves aroun a planet |
| MERCURY | closest planet to the sun |
| EARTH | our home planet |
| JUPITER | the largest planet |
| URANUS | a planet that spins on its side |
| PLUTO | farthest planet fromt the sun |
| METEORITES | rocky or metallic objects from space |
| SOLAR SYSTEM | sun, planets, moons, and stars |
| STARS | sphere of gas that gives off heat and light |
| ASTEROIDS | any of a thousands of small panets or minor planets |
| SUN | a star around which earth and other planets rovolve |
| NEPTUNE | 8th planet from the sun |
| SATURN | planet know for its beautiful rings |
| MARS | the red planet |
| VENUS | twin planet to Earth |
| MILKY WAY | a band of light made by many stars in our galaxy |
| AXIS | imaginary line running through a planet from north pole to south pole |
| ROTATION | spinning of a planet around its axis |
| GALAXIES | huge groups of billions of stars |
| ORBIT | the path a planet takes to travel around the sun |
| GRAVITY | force that causes objects to attract each other |
| CONSTELLATION | a group of stars which form a shape or pattern |
| COMETS | large chucks of ice and rock |
| NORTH STAR | also known as Polaris |
| CRATER | a pit or dent in the surface of a moon or planet |
