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Geosynchronous

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Same rate, same time travelling same speed as earth in the same direction
in same orbit as earth!!

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Satellite

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A small body that orbits a larger one

Satellites may be natural like a moon orbiting a planet or artificial such as space craft put into space by humans

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Polar orbiting

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Different orbit then earths

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Asteroid

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Small rocky bodies orbiting the sun and lying mainly in a narrow belt between mars and Jupiter

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Meteoroid

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A solid body usually a fragment of rock or metal travelling in space with no particular path

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Meteor

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A meteoroid that has entered earths atmosphere where the heat of fri ruin causes if to glow brightly

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Meteorite

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The remains of a meteor that do not burn up completely and so last long enough to hit earths surface

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Comet

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A celestial body composed if dust and ice that orbits the sun; they have bright centers and long faint tails that point away from the sun

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Stars

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A hot glowing body of gas that gives off tremendous light energy

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Asterism

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Example: Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major

A distinct star grouping that is not recognized as one of the 88 constellations

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Constellation

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Grouping of stars that form patterns in the night sky

There are 88 official constellations

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Galaxy

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A grouping if stars, gas, dust and planets all held together by gravity

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Types if galaxies

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Spiral (our galaxy the Milky Way)
Irregular
Elliptical
Random

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Altitude

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Angle up from the horizon

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Azimuth

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Direction from north
Compass direction goes clockwise
North is 0 and south is 180

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Zenith

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90 degrees above you

Right above you

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Native American idea

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A blanket covered the sky at night with holes cut out ( stars) and these was held on a girl called stone ribs

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Wavelength

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From peak to peak on each wave

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Frequency

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How often a wave occurs

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EMR spectrum

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High frequency Short waves
Gamma
Cosmic
X-ray
Uv
Light (roygibv backward )
Infrared
Microwaves 
T.V waves
Radio waves 
Low frequency long waves
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Radio telescope

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Massive telescopes collect and detect waves that aren’t visible to the naked eye

Massive in size MASSIVE

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Quasar

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A massive and extremely remote celestial object that emits large amounts of energy and has star like qualities: not a star!! It has a black hole at the center

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Black hole

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A super dense black hole occurs after a supernova and sucks up everything!! This is what happens at the end of a really big star

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Interferometry

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Multiple telescopes to combine resolution to make big pretty pictures

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What is the order of planets

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Mercury- my
Venus - very 
Earth- eager 
Mars- mother
Jupiter - just
Saturn - served
Uranus - us
Nine - Neptune 
Pizzas - Pluto