solar system Flashcards
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solar system
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a star and all the other bodies that revolve around it.
2
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planet
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a large bodies that revoves around a star in orbit
3
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axis
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a imaginary line around whitch earth rotates
4
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orbit
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the path of one object in space around another object
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revolve
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to go around another object
6
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model
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a smaller version of a object to make easier to study
7
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gravity
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a force that attracts a body towards the center of earth.
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rotate
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to spin around a axis
9
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astronomer
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a scientist that studies the world around them
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astronomy
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the study of objects in space and their properties
11
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dwarf planet
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A nearly round body slightly whose orbit crosses another
12
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scientist
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a person who ask questions about the natural world and studies the world around them
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