The Universe Vocabulary

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Rocky objects that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Which of the following explains what a light year is?

This is a group of billions of stars held in place by the gravity of a black hole.

Spherical objects that orbit the sun in nearly circular paths and are large enough to withstand impacts with other objects that enter their orbit.

This is a group of planets and other objects going around a single star.

This contains all existing matter.

The measurement of the amount of gravity is known as

A giant, burning ball of gases that are located in throughout galaxies and in the center of solar systems