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