Space Vocabulary

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astronomer

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a scientist who studies outer space

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atmosphere

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the air that surrounds a planet

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bright

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describes when there is a lot of visible light; the opposite of dim

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dim

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describes when there is not a lot of visible light; the opposite of bright

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exoplanet

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a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system

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Goldilocks zone

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the area around a star that is not too hot or too cold for liquid water to exist

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habitable

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a place with conditions where a living thing can survive

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solar system

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all the objects that orbit around a star

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telescope

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a tool used to make very distant objects look closer, often used to look at space

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asteroid

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a rocky object in outer space