Astronomical Unit (AU)
Astronomy Terms and Definitions

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Chemistry
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10th Grade
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Jared Holman
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The (average) distance between the Earth and the Sun
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Light-Year (ly)
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The distance light travels in one year (9.46 \times 10^{12} km or 9,460,000,000,000 km)
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Parallax
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A technique used to determine the distance of nearby stars by observing their "shift" in position based on background stars
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Apparent Magnitude
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The brightness of a celestial object as seen from Earth
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Absolute Magnitude
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The inherent brightness of an object as if it were a standard distance of 10 parsecs from Earth
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Spectroscopy
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Used to determine the chemical composition of stars
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Sidereal Day
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The time it takes Earth to complete one rotation relative to distant stars; shorter than a solar day (23 h 56 min)
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