Sky terms 2013
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Asteroid belt
Asteroid belt
The part between the inner and outer planets that is filled with asteroids
Asteroid belt
Axis
Axis
Axis
A straight line that an object or body rotates, or seems to rotate around.
Blue moon
Blue moon
Blue moonThe blue moon is were there is two full moons in one month which happens every 2 to 3 years!
ASTERISM
ASTERISM
ASTERISM
Stars that form patterns but are generally smaller than or part of a constellation. The big Dipper is an asterism and forms part of the constellation Ursa Magor.
ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY
The study of the Universe and all the bodies that appear in the skies.
satellite
satellite
satellite
Satellite: a man made or heavy body(moon) that orbits around a large
COMET.• BY:ROBYN HUNTER
COMET
COMET
• Comet means, a large ball • Of ice, dust, rock and gas • That orbits the sun, circling• The dark edges of the solar• System.
ASTEROIDS:
ASTEROIDS:
ASTEROIDS:Chunks of rock that vary in size from very large
(appr.1030 km in diameter)to quite small . They orbit the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter .
About 3000 Astroids have been found
OUTER PLANET
OUTER PLANET
THE FOUR GIANT GASEOUS PLANETS – JUPITER / URANOUS/ SATURAN/ NEPTUNE
OUTER PLANET
GIBBOUS
GIBBOUS
A PHASE IN THE MOON CYCLE WHEN MORE THE HALF OF THE MOON IS SOWING
GIBBOUS
ORBIT
ORBIT
ORBIT
• The path of a planet or other heavenly body as it resolves around another body in space.
Light YearAine
Light Year
Light Year
The distance light travels in a year. One light year is about 9.5 trillion km.
MagnitudeAine
Magnitude
MagnitudeA six class scale used to measure the brightness of the stars.
Study for Science
By Amy & Julia
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar EclipseLunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
An eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow
Galaxy
Galaxy
GalaxyGalaxy
A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
GALAXY
GaLaXy
GALAXY
A collection of billions of stars and other matter held together by gravity. Our planet Earth and the sun belong to the Milky Way galaxy. They are only tiny parts of this galaxy.
By: Mikhail Nisbett