The document contains definitions of several astronomy terms: - Asteroid belt - The part between the inner and outer planets that is filled with asteroids. - Axis - A straight line that an object or body rotates, or seems to rotate around. - Blue moon - When there are two full moons in one month, which happens every 2 to 3 years. - Asterism - Stars that form patterns but are generally smaller than or part of a constellation. - Astronomy - The study of the Universe and all the bodies that appear in the skies.

1. Asteroid belt

2. Asteroid belt

3. Asteroid belt
The part between the inner and
outer planets that is filled with
asteroids

4. Axis

5. Axis

6. Axis
A straight line that an object or
body rotates, or seems to rotate
around.

7. Blue moon

8. Blue moon

9. Blue moon
The blue moon is
were there is two full
moons in one month
which happens every
2 to 3 years!

10. ASTERISM

11. ASTERISM

12. ASTERISM
Stars that form patterns but are
generally smaller than or part of a
constellation. The big Dipper is an
asterism and forms part of the

13. ASTRONOMY

14. ASTRONOMY

15. ASTRONOMY
The study of the Universe
and all the bodies that appear
in the skies.

16. satellite

17. satellite

18. Satellite: a man made or heavy
body(moon) that orbits around a large
satellite

19. COMET.
• BY:ROBYN HUNTER

20. COMET

21. COMET
• Comet means, a large ball
• Of ice, dust, rock and gas
• That orbits the sun, circling
• The dark edges of the solar
• System.

22. ASTEROIDS:

23. ASTEROIDS:

24. ASTEROIDS:
Chunks of rock that vary in size from very large
(appr.1030 km in diameter)to quite small . They orbit
the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter .
About 3000 Astroids have been found

26. OUTER PLANET

27. THE FOUR GIANT GASEOUS PLANETS – JUPITER / URANOUS/
SATURAN/ NEPTUNE
OUTER PLANET

28. GIBBOUS

29. GIBBOUS

30. GIBBOUS
A PHASE IN THE MOON CYCLE WHEN MORE THE HALF OF THE MOON
IS SOWING

31. ORBIT

32. ORBIT

33. ORBIT
• The path of a planet or other heavenly body
as it resolves around another body in space.

34. Light Year
Aine

35. Light Year

36. Light Year
The distance light travels in a year. One light year is about 9.5
trillion km.

37. Magnitude
Aine

38. Magnitude

39. Magnitude
A six
class
scale
used to
measure
the
brightnes
s of the
stars.

40. Study for Science
By Amy & Julia

41. Lunar Eclipse

42. Lunar
Eclipse Lunar Eclipse

43. An eclipse in
Lunar which the moon
appears
Eclipse darkened as it
passes into the
earth's shadow
Lunar Eclipse

44. Galaxy

45. Galaxy

46. Galaxy A system of
millions or
Galaxy billions of
stars, together
with gas and
dust, held
together by
gravitational
attraction

49. A collection of billions of stars and other matter held
together by gravity. Our planet Earth and the sun belong to
the Milky Way galaxy. They are only tiny parts of this galaxy.
By: Mikhail