Astronomy Vocabulary Word List

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Astronomy Vocabulary Word List :



A

albedo
Alpha Centauri
apogee
asteroid
astronaut
astronomer
astronomy

B

background radiation
binary star
black hole

C

cluster
comet
conjunction
constellation
corona
cosmonaut
crater

D

dark matter
day
dwarf planet

E

Earth
eclipse
ecliptic
escape velocity

F

flare

G

galaxy
geosynchronous
gibbous

H

hydrogen
helium
Hubble

I

ionosphere

J

Jupiter

K

Kepler
Kuiper

L

light-year
local group
lunar

M

magnitude
Mars
mass
Mercury
meteor
meteor shower
meteorite
meteoroid
Milky Way
moon

N

nadir
NASA
nebula
Neptune
neutron star
nova

O

observatory
Oort
opposition
orbit

P

parallax
parsec
penumbra
perigee
perihelion
perturbation
phase
planet
planetary nebula
planetoid
Pluto
pulsar

Q

quasar

R

radiant
radiation
revolve
rocket

S

satellite
shooting star
solar
solar system
solar wind
solstice
space
space station
star
sun
sunspot
supernova

T

telemetry
telescope

U

umbra
Uranus

V

vacuum
Van Allen belt
Venus

Z

zenith

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