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| the Sun and the collection of stars |
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| a large body of either rock or gas that follows a consistent orbit around the Sun |
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| a huge ball of very hot gases that give off light and heat |
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| the force that attracts a moon to a planet, or a planet to a star |
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| a smaller object orbiting a planet |
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| the path that a planet around the Sun, or a moon takes around a planet |
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| the star in our Solar System |
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| a large group of stars orbiting a central point |
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| the layer of gas around a planet |
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| a small piece of rock in space |
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| a body of ice, dust and bits of rock that passes through space leaving a tail of ice and dust behind |
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| a body of rock and ice in space |
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| everything that exists: all the galaxies, stars and planets |
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| the amount of time it takes the Earth to travel around the Sun, 365 days |
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