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Flashcards by Favour Gondor, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Favour Gondor
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Artificial satellite | Artificial satellites are satellites placed into orbit by humans. |
| Asteroid | An asteroid is an irregular rocky object in orbit around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. |
| Asteroid belt | An asteroid belt is a group of rocks between that orbits the sun in a band between Mars and Jupiter. |
| Comet | A comet is a ball of ice, dust and rock that orbit the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit. |
| Gas Giants | Gas Giants are the large planets of the outer solar system which are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. |
| Meteor | A meteoroid that enters Earths atmosphere, usually creating a bright streak across the sky as it burns up. |
| Meteorite | A meteorite is a meteor big enough for part of it to hit the Earth. |
| Meteoroid | A meteoroid is a small particle or body of rock that orbits the Sun near Earths orbit. |
| Milky Way | The Milky Way is the galaxy in which the galaxy is located. |
| Phases | Different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth. |
| Solar system | The sun and all the other planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and other bodies revolving around it. |
| Terrestrial | The terrestrial planets are Earth like, rocky. They consist of Mercury, Venus,Earth and Mars. |
| Dwarf Planet | A small celestial body that is in orbit around the sun and is nearly round in shape but with insufficient gravity to sweep its orbit. |
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