Meet the Planets - Sylvan Dell Publishing

Word Definition Part of Speech Spanish
first quarter about a week (1/4) into lunar
month, right-hand side of
moon is visible
noun
Cuarto
Creciente
full moon the phase of the moon when it
is completely lit up by the sun
and able to be seen as a whole
galaxy a system of millions or billions
of stars, together with gas
and dust, held together by
gravitational attraction
Galileo an Italian astronomer who was
the first to use a telescope to
look at outerspace
gas
a state of matter that has no
definite shape or volume
Herschels brother & sister (late 1700s/
early 1800s) who discovered
Uranus and many comets with
homemade telescopes
Hypatia a (female) Greek philosopher
(370-415 AD) who invented the
astrolobe
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
plenilunio, la
luna llena
galaxia
Galileo
gas
Herschels
Hypatia
inner inside, close to adjective interior
inner planets "the four rocky planets
(Mercury, Venus, Earth, and
noun
planetas
interiores
Mars) whose orbits are closest
to the sun.
"
Jupiter the fifth planet from the sun, noun
Júpiter
largest planet in our solar
system, named for the king of
ancient Roman gods.
last quarter the last of the 4 phases of the
moons rotation
noun
Cuarto
Menguante
Leo the Lion a familiar constellation seen noun
Leo el León
in the spring in the northern
hemisphere
lunar relating to the Earth's moon. adjective lunar
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