Interstellar definitions Flashcards
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Light year
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How far light can travel in a year: 300,000,000 km/h
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Constellation
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A collection of stars that can be identified as an image
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Galaxy
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A massive group of stars an solar systems the have approximately millions of stars
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Nebula
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A cloud of gas and dust
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Nova
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The small explosion of a medium sized star
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Protostar
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A young forming star that begins the fusion process from the Heat pressure
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Red giant
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A medium star that swells from fuel exhaustion
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Neutron star
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A star made up of neutrons
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Black hole
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Very high gravitational pull and very dense
