Question |
Answer |
magnify |
make an object appear larger |
telescope |
a tool that makes distant objects appear larger |
space probe |
a craft that travel in space with instruments, but not people |
astronomer |
Scientist who study stars, the Moon and the planets. |
inner planets |
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars gets lots of heat & close to from the Sun |
outer planets |
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune cold & dark far away from the Sun |
gas giants |
a very large planet mostly made of gases Outer planets are gas giants. |
solar system |
The Sun, planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun |
orbit |
is to move in a path around something |
rotate |
to turn on an axis |
revolve |
to move in a path around the other objects |
axis |
an imaginary line through the center of an object |