a big piece of rock which is in orbit around the sun due to gravity
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The universe
a collection of billions of galaxies
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A solar system
a set of planets orbiting a star
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An asteroid
small body made of metal and rock which orbits around the sun in our solar system
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A moon
a body orbiting a planet
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A comet
a relatively small, icy mass in the solar system which has a very strange orbit around the sun
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A galaxy
a collection of billions of stars
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Telecommunication satellites have a geostationary orbit - what does this mean
The telecommunication satellites have to orbit around the equator and therefore are in-sync with the rotation of the earth - they have a geostationary orbit
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
a collection of billions of galaxies
Back
The universe
Card 3
Front
a set of planets orbiting a star
Back
Card 4
Front
small body made of metal and rock which orbits around the sun in our solar system
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