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- 3. The star that is closet to the Earth is the _____
- 6. ______ or the North Star is located in the Little Dipper
- 7. Small star groups that have three or four stars are called ______ star groups
- 8. Betelgeuse is categorized as a red ___________
- 9. A _______ is an icy chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits around the sun over and over again
- 10. When a rocky object is burning up in Earth's atmosphere, also called a "shooting star"
- 11. What galaxy do we belong to?
- 12. The brightness of a star is called its ___________
- 14. The smallest star groups with only two stars are called _________ systems
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- 1. The queen constellation in the shape of a W is called __________
- 2. A _______ is a huge star system that contains millions, or even billions, or stars and covers many light-years os space
- 4. Groups of stars in a pattern are called ________
- 5. Star groups that are larger than three or four and are held together by gravity are called star _____
- 13. ________ are irregularly shaped pieces of rock, metal, and dust