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objects in space and phases of the moon
Cards in this deck (16)
- 1asteroidsmall inactive rock orbiting a star
- 2meteoroidsmall partials originating from comet or asteroid
- 3meteorlight resulting from a meteoroid burning up in the earths atmosphere
- 4meteoritemeteoroid surviving passage through earths atmosphere
- 5full mooncan see all
- 6new mooncan see none
- 7waxingnew moon to full moon
- 8waningfull to new
- 9lunar monthtime the moon takes to orbit earth
- 10umbrapart of earth in total eclipse
- 11penumbrapart of earth in partial eclipse
- 12light yeardistance light travels in a year
- 13how many stars in milky way300 billion prox
- 14parallax shiftmethod used to calculate distance of other stars to earth
- 15advantages of space telescopesnot affected by weather
no light pollution
no atmospheric distortion
can detect radiation absorbed by the atmosphere - 16when did the universe come into existence13.5 billion years ago
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- 8 Science (space) Flashcards on objects in space and phases of the moon, created by 14jsmith on 28/05/2016.
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