Relier Pairs Space exploration glossaryVersion en ligne Use this game to review the words we've been practising in Science class. par Neus Vinyallonga 1 Astronomy 2 Spacecraft 3 Landing 4 Natural satellite 5 Rocket 6 Telescope 7 Asteroid 8 Star 9 Bright 10 Gravity 11 Thesis 12 Dwarf planet 13 Planet 14 Comet 15 Shooting star Science that studies all the celestial bodies in space. A very large ball of gas in space that is usually seen from the Earth as a point of light in the sky at night. Examples: Sun, Polaris and Alfa Centaury. Used to send spacecrafts or artificial satellites to the space. A very small planet. Verb referred to an airplane or a spacecraft arriving on the ground. A vehicle used to travel in space (synonym of spaceship) Piece of ice that circles the Sun and every certain years can be seen from Earth. An extremely large, round mass of rock, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the Sun or another star: A rock that circles the Sun. Example: Kuiper's belt. a natural object moving around a planet in the space. Example: Moon, Europe, Callisto, Adjective related to the amount of light an object has. Invisible force that attracts us to the center of the Earth. Document similar to a book that groups all the important information about some investigation. Specially related to college (university). A piece of rock or ice from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the Earth's atmosphere. Device or tool for making objects that are far away look closer and larger. Used to investigate the outter space.