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what is a Galaxy

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a system of millions or billions of stars and planets with gases and dust particles held together by a gravitational force

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what is a star

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Any of the various types of hot , gaseous self luminous celestial bodies whose energy is derived from the nuclear fusion reaction

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what is a constellation

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A groups of stars forming a recognizable pattern E.G . Libra

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whatis a planet

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a celestial object moving in a orbit around a star

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satellite

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a celestial body moving around the planets

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which celestial object is known as dirty ice ball

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A comet

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comet

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A celestial object that orbits the sun . when a comet is away from the sun. it consists of nucleus a solid core of Ice , frozen gas and dust . it develops a bright tail of gas and dust when it passes near the sun

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meteoroids

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a small rock or particle of the debris in orbit around the sun

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which astral object is known as the minor planet

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asteriod

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what is an asteroid

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a larde rocky body in orbit the sun. The asteroid belt is formed between the orbits of the Jupiter

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which astral object is known as shooting star

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Meteor

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what is a meteorite

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a meteoroids that survives falling through the atmosphere and collides with the earth surface forms a crater e,g, Reason of extinction of dinosaurs

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what is a solar system

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The sun, asteroid, meteoroid, planets, comets form the solar system

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what are the two planets which does not have a moon

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mercury and venus

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what is the name of the brightest and hottest planet

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Venus

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Earth was formed around `

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4.6 billion years ago

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which galaxy is the closest galaxy to Milky way galaxy

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Andromeda

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Haleys comet is visible in every

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76 years it was last visible in 1986

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what are the two planets which rotates from west to east

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Venus and Uranus

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which planet has the highly tilted rotational axis

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Uranus

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pole star appears stationary because it is

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positioned close to the axis of the earth

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what is the name of the constellation which has seven stars and also known as the great dipper and the great bear

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Ursa major which has sever stars in its constellatiion

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what is the nameof the constellation which is known a hunter constellatin

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Orion

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what is the name ofthe constellationwhich is closer to the star sirius

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Orion

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what is Pulsars

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Pulsating radio stars

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Pulsars

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Pulsars are types of neutron stars . the dead remains of massive stars , they are highly magnetised and emit a beam of eloctromagnetic radion

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what is Quasars

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quasi stellat radio sources are extremely luminou s sources of electromagnetic energy that appear to be similiar to stars

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what is red giant

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Red giant is lumionus giant dying star of low or intermediary madd ( roughly 0.3 - 8 solar masses 0 in the last stages of solar evolution

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what are white dwarfs

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white dwarfs are burnt out cores of collapsed stars that like dying embers slowly cools and fades away

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Supernova

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the explosion of a star runs out of nuclear fuel some of its mass flows into the core , finally the core is so heavy that it cant withstatnd its own gravitational force , the core collapses results in the giant supernova explosin.

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