Solar System Vocabulary

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The distance light travels in on year

Chunks or rock that burn up upon entering a planet's atmosphere

Most are rocky bodies covered with craters, but some have unique characteristics

spherical or flattened disks

A nucleus of bright stars and two or more spiral arms

When the chunk of rock strikes the surface of a planet or moon it is known as a _____

no definite shape

(Gas and dust) exist in space and are remnants from the formation of the universe when it formed