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Unit 8 Earth & Space

Vocabulary

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Celestial Spherean imaginary sphere
Celestial ObjectAn object found outside the earths atmosphere
Rotationthe turning of an object on its axis
Revolutionthe movement of earth in its orbit around the sun
Zenithpoint in the sky above the observer
TerrestrialAn inner planet,made up of land,rocks
JovianThe gas planet,less dense than terrestrical
Aurorasa glow in the sky,hitting earths magnetic field
Satellitesa samller body,revolving around a larger body
Retrongrade motiona periodic backwards,or westward,loop made by a planet
Cometa mass of rock "Dirty snowball"
Meteora light that streaks throught the earths atmosphere
Asteroidsmall planet's revolving the sun & between Mars and Jupiter
Orbitthe path of a revolving body,earth revolving around the sun
Elliptical Orbitellipse-shaped orbits with two foci
Heliocentricthe sun is its center
Geocentricthe earth is its center
Perihelionwhen closest to the sun
Aphelionfarthest from the sun


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