Space Vocabulary

FITZ (United States of America)
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  1. tenuous
    having thin consistency
  2. cosmology
    the study of the evolution and structure of the universe
  3. accretion
    the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity
  4. expansion
    the act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope
  5. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  6. asteroid
    a small celestial body composed of rock and metal
  7. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
  8. ellipse
    a closed plane curve with an oval shape
  9. meteor
    a small, solid space object that has entered Earth's atmosphere
  10. meteorite
    a stony or metallic object from space that hits the earth
  11. ring
    a toroidal shape
    wide flat zone of small particles that orbit around a planet's equator
  12. terrestrial planet
    a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's
  13. Jovian planet
    any of the four outermost planets in the solar system
  14. volcanism
    the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
    the process of molten material moving from a space body's hot interior onto its surface
  15. Astronomical Unit
    a unit of length used for distances within the solar system
  16. tectonics
    the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
Created on Sun Aug 18 19:17:25 EDT 2013

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