| Term | Definition |
|---|
| rotate | to spin around |
| axis | a real or imaginary line that a spinning object turns around |
| revolve | to move in a circular or nearly circular path around something else |
| orbit | the path an object follows as it revolves |
| crater | a hollow area or pit in the ground |
| star | a hot sphere of gases that gives off energy |
| planet | a satellite of the Sun |
| solar system | the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it |
| asteroid | chunks of rock and metal that orbit the Sun |
| comet | a chunk of ice and rock that orbits the Sun in a long, narrowcx orbit |
| meteor | a fragment of rock, ice, or metal that burns up in Earth's atmosphere |
| constellation | a number of stars that appears to form a pattern |
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