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revolution | one full orbit around the sun |
axis | an imaginary line around which an object spins |
solar flare | an explosive eruption of waves and particles into space |
rotation | one whole spin of an object on its axis |
orbit | the path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet, or moon |
constellation | a group of stars that forms a pattern |
comet | a frozen mass of different types of ice and dust orbiting the sun |
moon | a natural object that revolves around a planet |
planet | a large, round object that revoloves around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit |
dwarf planet | a large, round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit |
outer planet | any of the four planets in our solar system beyond Mars |
inner Planet | any of the four closest planets to the sun |
asteroid | a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the sun |
space probe | a spacecraft that gathers data without a crew |