Space Word List

Christine B.
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  1. meteor
    a small, solid space object that has entered Earth's atmosphere
  2. galaxy
    a collection of star systems
  3. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
  4. moon
    the natural satellite of the Earth
  5. sun
    the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
  6. explore
    travel to or penetrate into
  7. planet
    a celestial body that revolves around the sun
  8. orbit
    the path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
  9. astronaut
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
  10. Earth
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  11. Mars
    Roman god of war and agriculture
  12. Pluto
    the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
  13. Venus
    the second nearest planet to the sun
  14. Jupiter
    supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
  15. Uranus
    god of the heavens
  16. Mercury
    messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce
  17. Saturn
    god of agriculture and vegetation
  18. Neptune
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles
  19. landing
    the act of coming to land after a voyage
  20. spacesuit
    a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space
  21. countdown
    marking the time until an event by counting in reverse order
Created on Thu Jul 28 11:00:20 EDT 2011

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