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solar system vocabulary

Solar system vocab words used here.

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celestial objecta sun, a moon, a planet or any distant object visible in the sky
revolutionannual motion
celestial sphereimaginary sphere which all objects in the sky appear
joviangaseous planets that are much larger and les dense than terrestrial plamets(all outer planets)
celesticial sphereimaginary sphere on which all objects in the sky apear
satellitea smaler body revolving around a larger
rotationthe turning of an object on its axis
zenithpoint in the sky directly above the observer
revolutionthe movement of the earth in its orbiut around the sun
terrestrialanother name for inner planets
auronrasa glow in the night time sky produced in the upper atmosphere by solar radiation hitting earths magnetic


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