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Subject : science
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1. The mass of an object divided by its volume






2. A force exerted by reflecting sunlight






3. When the Sun moves from south to north across the celestial equator (about March 21)






4. A faint - remarkably uniform distribution of radiation in space






5. A term referring to the orbital character of stars near the Sun






6. Jupiter






7. Extremely round - lots of liquid water - ice rafts on surface ACTIVE SURFACE






8. Cold aggregates of gas - large and contain a huge amount of matter - so cold that molecules stick together to form molecules.






9. The law that describes the blackbody curve - and let to quantum mechanics.

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10. Places in the asteroid belt - caused by resonance with Jupiter - where there are no asteroids






11. A force exerted by reflecting sunlight






12. A word used in astronomy to describe all elements besides hydrogen and helium






13. The distance light travels in one year (=9.46x10^12km).






14. The entity from which the whole universe is postulated to have come from.






15. The rock that makes up the lunar maria






16. Ganymede






17. Then the Sun moves from north to south across the celestial equator (about September 23)






18. Material that shoots rapidly out into space. Flares cause Auroras






19. Centered on the Earth






20. A galaxy sending out a stream of material from its nucleus






21. The amount of density needed to stop the universe from expanding and to begin the big crunch represented by Pc






22. The high- temperatature outer layer of the sun






23. A star without enough mass to begin hydrogen fusion






24. Orbit in Jupiters orbit






25. A measure of the ability of a telescope to see fine detail






26. The apparent backward motion of a planet against the background of stars.






27. The oldest part of the Milky Way






28. The organized effort to find life elsewhere in the universe. (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence)






29. Europa






30. A repeated - periodic push or pull capable of summing into a larger push or pull






31. The assumption that the universe is isotropic (same in all directions) and homogeneous (Same everywhere throughout)






32. Jupiter






33. The point where an inferior planet is as far away from the sun as it can be (as seen from the Earth)






34. Sc galaxies






35. The crust of a meteorite caused by its entry into Earth's atmosphere






36. Formed from slow rotating clouds - collapsed quicker - initial star formation rate is high but died out - older - little rotation - look redder






37. Sc galaxies where star formation and destruction is so rapid that supernova explosions are mainly responsible for compressing gas to create new stars.






38. 100 nm 10 nm






39. First accurately measured the speed of light in a vacuum






40. The faint glow of light left over from the Big Bang. cosmic microwave background are the photons that remain after the big bang that have not turned into matter.






41. An energetic event taking place in the early universe






42. An element of a highly efficient - two-dimensional electronic light detector






43. Matter so dense that even light cannot escape its gravity






44. Mercury and venus






45. A cool collection of gas and dust silhouetted against a brighter background of stars and/or gas






46. A measure of how an object resists accelerating when acted upon by a force. It is proportional the amount of matter in an object






47. The mirror that determines the focus configuration of a reflector






48. A massive variable star used to find distances to the galaxies or clusters that contain them.






49. An efficient - two-dimensional electronic light detector. Common in digital cameras - they revolutionized astronomical imaging






50. A spinning neutron star