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22 Cards in this Set
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Big Bang Theory
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A violent explosion of a tiny cloud of dust that expanded from an inch or less to about the size of the earth in milliseconds.
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Galaxy
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Any vast number of stars and planets/suns held together by a gravitational attraction.
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Milky Way
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The Galaxy containing the solar system visable by a band of light in the night sky.
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Light Year
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Distance mesured in years.
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Prominance
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A concept used in catorgization.
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Solar Nebula
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A Widely exepted model explaining the formation and evolution of the solar system.
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Corona
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A type of plasma on the sun, the outside most part of the sun.
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Supernova
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A stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova.
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Black Hole
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A region in space that not even light can escape.
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Neutron Star
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A type of stellar reminent that results in a gravitational collapse of a massive star.
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Main Sequence Star
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A continuous band of stars that appear on plots of stellar color.
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Red shift
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When planets move away from earth
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Nuclear fusion
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When two or more atomic nuclei form together to make energy for the sun.
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Solar System
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Contains the sun and all astronomical object that are stuck around it by gravity.
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Planetesimal
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Solid objects that exist in disks.
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Solar Wind
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A stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun.
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Solar Flare
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A large explosion in the sun's atmosphere.
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Sunspot
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A temerary phenomena on the photosphere of the sun.
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Photosphere
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an astronomical object that receives light origins.
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Aurorae
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Northern or southern lights
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Red Giant
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a luminous giant star that has low intermidiate mass/
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White dwarf
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A dense small star composed of electrons.
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