Flashcards: Voc 2 Earth, Moon, and Beyond test
All 7 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 space probes | robot vehicle used to explore deep space |
| telescope | an instrument that magnifies, or makes larger, distant objects |
| comets | balls of ice and rock |
| asteroids | chunks of rock that look like potatoes |
| planets | large, round bodies that revolve around a star |
| equinox | each point in Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal |
| solstice | each point in Earth's orbit at which daylight hours are at their greatest or fewest |