Ch 29 Definitions 2 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away'

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Ch 29 Definitions 2 A long time ago in a
galaxy far, far away.
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It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships,
strikingfrom a hidden base, have won their
first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.
During the battle, rebel spiesmanaged to steal
secret plans to the Empire's ultimateweapon,
the Death Star, an armored space station
withenough power to destroy an entire planet.
Pursued by theEmpire's sinister agents,
Princess Leia races home aboard
herstarship,custodian of the stolen plans that
can save her people and restore freedom to the
galaxy.
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Meteoroid that does not completely burn up in
Earth's atmosphere and strikes Earth's surface,
sometimes causing an impact crater.
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meteorite
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Occurs when Earth intersects a cometary orbit and
comet particles burn up as they enter Earth's
upper atmosphere.
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meteor shower
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Small, eccentrically orbiting body made of rock
and ice that consists of a nucleus, a coma, and
one or more tails that point away from the sun.
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comet
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Rocky remnant of the early solar system found
mostly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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asteroid
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Small, solid core of a comet.
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nucleus
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Extended volume of glowing gas that forms when a
comet's nucleus is heated.
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coma
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Piece of interplanetary material that falls
toward Earth and enters its atmosphere.
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meteoroid
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Space object built of solid particles that can
form planets through collisions and mergers.
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planetesimal
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Streak of light produced when a meteoroid falls
toward Earth and burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
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Meteor
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