Meet the Planets - Sylvan Dell Publishing

Glossary
Word Definition Part of Speech Spanish
asteroid a small rocky body orbiting the noun
asteroide
Sun, too small to be a planet
asteroid belt a region of the solar system
between the orbits of Mars and
noun
cinturón de
asteroides
Jupiter in which most asteroids
are located.
astronomer a scientist that studies the noun
astrónomo
stars and moons found in
outerspace
bright strong, shiny light adjective brillante
Cassini Space
Probe
Cassiopeia
constellation
Copernicus
crater
a spacecraft studying the
planet Saturn
a constellation (pattern of
stars) the looks like the shape
of a queen
a star pattern, usually named
after mythological gods,
people, animals and objects
an astoronomer that
discovered that the planets
spun around the sun
a large round hole on the
surface of a planet caused
by a volcanic explosion or
meteorite hit
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
Sonda
Espacial de
Cassini
Casiopea
constelación
Copérnico
cráter
dazzling shiny, bright adjective deslumbrante
Draco a constellation that looks like a noun
Draco
dragon
dwarf planet a celestial body that orbits
our sun that is larger than a
noun
planeta
enano
satellite (moon) but smaller
than a planet
Earth the planet on which we live,
third planet from the sun
noun
Tierra
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