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supersonic
Astronomy; General astronomy
Travelling at a speed greater than the speed of sound. Some air crafts are supersonic and travel 326 meters per second.
sonic boom
Astronomy; General astronomy
A loud,explosive sound that is caused by an aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound.
telescope
Astronomy; General astronomy
An instrument that is used to observe or study distant objects by gathering the electromagnetic radiation that comes from them.
satellite dish
Astronomy; General astronomy
An antenna that is shaped like a dish and is used to receive signals from and send signals to a satellite.
satellite
Astronomy; General astronomy
An object that moves around a larger object in outer space is called satellite. The moon is a satellite of the Earth.
giant star
Astronomy; General astronomy
A star that has become very large and very bright because of the enormous heat in its center.
Kepler
Astronomy; General astronomy
German astronomer who demonstrated that the orbit of the Earth and the other planets around the Sun are in the shape of an ellipse.
