Earth And Space Flashcards
Galaxies
a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems
Solar system
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun
Astronomer
a scientist who studies the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
Expanding univers
That it has been growing ever since its beginning with the Big Bang
Singularity
a point at which a function takes an infinite value, especially in space–time when matter is infinitely dense, such as at the centre of a black hole.
Gravity
the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass.
Star
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a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
Planet
a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit round a star
Cosmology
an account or theory of the origin of the universe
Celestial body
Moon
a natural satellite of any planet.
Asteroid
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a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.
Comet
a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun