Astronomy

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  1. 2. The only planet in our solar system that spins on its side! It is the coldest, but not the furthest from the sun!
  2. 3. Heliocentrism is the philosophy that this object is at the center of our solar system.
  3. 4. The hottest planet in our solar system! Also the only planet that spins clockwise and has days that last longer than years!
  4. 10. Any object that orbits a planet (such as a moon).
  5. 11. The amount of time it takes a planet to completely orbit the sun once.
  6. 13. "The fastest planet" in our solar system
  7. 14. The _____ planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
  8. 15. The Philosophy that the Earth is the center of the universe and everything else (sun, moon, stars, etc.) revolve around it.
  9. 21. The time it takes for a planet to complete 1 rotation around its axis. 24 hours on Earth , but different on each planet
  10. 22. A configuration of stars as seen from Earth imagined to form a picture
  11. 24. the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe
  12. 25. The largest planet in our solar system, yet it also has the shortest day (Less than 10 hours!)
  13. 26. 5th Largest planet in our solar system
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  1. 1. The ____ Giants group of planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
  2. 2. The ____ is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
  3. 5. Furthest from the sun of the 8 planets in our solar system.
  4. 6. Earth is located in this Galaxy.
  5. 7. The ____ Belt is a large disc of objects beyond Neptune full of mostly icy objects like Pluto and future comets!
  6. 8. The Asteroid ____ is located between Mars and Jupiter.
  7. 9. Attractive force between any two objects with mass.
  8. 12. 2nd Smallest planet in our solar system. Most of it's surface is a cold reddish dessert!
  9. 13. Stone or rocky object that enters Earths atmosphere
  10. 15. a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity.
  11. 16. massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources. At least 1 is found at the center of almost every solar system.
  12. 17. Once a planet but is now considered a "Dwarf Planet"
  13. 18. Rocky objects that orbit the Sun like a planet, but are much smaller than planets
  14. 19. The closest object in space to Earth
  15. 20. The ___ Cloud is a spherical shaped collections of trillions of comets and dust surrounding the sun 1-3 lightyears away. Often considered the end of our solar system.
  16. 23. Small body orbiting the Sun that has lots of ice the melts when closer to the sun (this leaves a gas trail)