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Astronomy List
Astronomy Definitions
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Physics
11th Grade
04/23/2014

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Big bang
Definition
Origin of everything
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Birth of stars
Definition
Beginning of stars and formed in nebulae, interstellar clouds of dust and gas
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Death of stars
Definition
Core run on a hydrogen fuel it'll contract under the weight of gravity
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Our star
Definition
The sun
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Red giant
Definition
luminous giant star Of low or intermediate mass in a late phase of stellar evolution
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White dwarf
Definition
Stellar remnant composed mostly of electron degenerate matter
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Neutron star
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Type of stellar remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star during a type II, Ib, Ic super nova event
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Pulsar
Definition
Highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation
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Super nova
Definition
Stellar explosion that's more energetic than a nova
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H-R diagram
Definition
Scatter graph of stars showing many well known stars in the milky way
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Creation of elements
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Nucleo synthesis
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Nuclear fusion
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Nuclear reaction in which 2 or more atomic nuclei collide at a very high speed and join to form a new type of atomic nucleus
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Nuclear fission
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Nuclear reaction
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Quarks
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Elementary particle and a fundamental consitent of matter
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Birth of planets
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Formed when a molecular cloud collapses into a young star
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Our planets
Definition
Sun, mercury, venus, earth, mars, Jupiter,  Saturn, Uranus,  Neptune
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Terrestrial planets
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Composed of silicate rocks and metals
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Gas planets
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Only with solid metals or rock
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Moons
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Natural satellite
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Volcanoes
Definition
Rupture in the surface of the earth or a planetary mass object that allows lava, ash to escape
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Asteroids
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Minor planets
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Meteors
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Shooting stars
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Comets
Definition
Icy small solar system body
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Asteroid belt
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Region of the solar system located roughly between the orbits of the planets mars and Jupiter
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Auroras
Definition
Natural light display in the sky
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Nebula
Definition
Interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen,  helium,  and other ionized gases
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Plasma
Definition
Ionized state of matter similar to a gas
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