ASTEROIDS | | NATURAL SATTELITE |
NOVA | | HOW FAR LIGHT TRAVELS IN ONE YEAR |
TERRESTIAL PLANET | | BENDING LIGHT |
APPARENT MAGNITUDE | | MOTION IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION |
SUMMER SOLTICE | | MERCURY, VENUS, MARS, EARTH |
REDSHIFT | | DIRTY SNOWBALL |
MOON | | START OF FALL |
VERNAL EQUINOX | | LOCATION IN A PLANET'S ORBIT CLOSEST TO THE SUN |
NEUTRON STAR | | MORE ENERGETIC |
BLACK HOLE | | STUDY OF THE UNIVERSE |
REFRACTION | | THE LINKING OF SEVERAL TELESCOPES |
MARE | | ONLY VISIBLE DURING AN ECLIPSE |
ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE | | SPUTNIK |
RETROGRADE MOTION | | MILKY WAY |
GAS GIANTS | | LIKE STARS, BUT NOT |
SOLAR WIND | | METEOR THAT REACHES THE GROUND |
SATTELITE | | OUTER EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM CONTAINING PLUTO AND OTHER SMALL BODIES |
EXOPLANETS | | LIKE A MIRROR |
METEOR | | PARTICLES FLOWING AWAY FROM THE SUN |
METEORITE | | PART OF THE SUN YOU SEE |
AURORA | | DECEMBER 21 |
PHOTOSPHERE | | GROUP OF STARS |
PERIGEE | | FIRST DAY OF SPRING |
GALAXY | | FRAGMENTS OF ROCK THAT ORBIT THE SUN |
CHROMOSPHERE | | LARGEST MOONS OF JUPITER |
ASTRONOMY | | LESS ENERGETIC |
APHELION | | HOW BRIGHT SOMETHING APPEARS TO BE |
LIGHT-YEAR | | BEGINNING OF SUMMER |
PARALLAX | | LOCATION IN A PLANE'S ORBIT FARHEST FROM THE SUN |
GALILIAN MOONS | | SO DENSE THAT LIGHT CANNOT ESCAPE |
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX | | LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED FOR ONE FULL ORBIT |
ASTRONOMICAL UNIT | | INTERSTELLAR CLOUD |
ECCENTRICITY | | NORTHERN LIGHTS |
NEBULA | | DISTANCE FROM THE SUN TO THE EARTH |
PHASE | | COLOR-SPHERE |
PLANET | | MOON, GIBBOUS |
KUIPER BELT | | HOW BRIGHT SOMETHING ACTUALLY IS |
ORBITAL PERIOD | | SUN CENTERED |
QUASARS | | DEGREE OF ELONGATION OF AN ELLIPSE |
BLUESHIFT | | FEMALE HORSE (DARK SPOT ON THE MOON) |
INTERFEROMETRY | | VERY BRIGHT STAR |
GEOCENTRIC | | DEBRIS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
DARK MATTER | | MASSIVE ATMOSPHERES OF GAS |
CORONA | | APPARENT DISPLACEMENT OF ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT VIEWED FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES |
CRATER | | DEPRESSION |
REFLECTING | | COLLAPSED STAR |
HELIOCENTRIC | | HOW LONG IT TAKES A GALAXY TO MAKE ONE FULL ROTATION |
WINTER SOLTICE | | EARTH CENTERED |
ORION ARM | | CLOSEST TO EARTH |
PERIHELION | | UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE NOT EMITTING LIGHT |
CONSTELLATION | | LOCAL ARM |
GALACTIC YEAR | | MOST COMMONLY USED THEORY FOR UNIVERSE BIRTH |
BIG BANG THEORY | | EARTH, MARS, JUPITER |
COMET | | OUTER PLANETS |