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Earth and Gravity
13 cards·by James
the distance light travels in a year
light year
a cloud of gas and dust in which new stars form
nebula
a gigantic explosion that occurs near the end of a star
super nova
a point in space where there is such a strong gravity that nothing within a certain distance can
escape
black hole
a huge system of stars,dust,and gas held together by gravity
galaxy
a group of stars that from a pattern
constellation
sun and all the bodies that orbit it
solar system
one full orbit of an object
revolution
an imaginary line around which the earth rotates
axis
a frozen mass of ice and dust orbiting the sun
comet
one whole spin of an object
rotation
a rocky mass that revolves around the sun
asteroid
an object in orbit around another object
satellite