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What is a small body revolving around planet - a moon?
A "moon" or a "satellite" of that planet
What is the study of heavenly body?
Astronomy is the study of heavenly bodies.
What is the difference of a meteor and an asteroid?
An asteroid is a heavenly body which has its own orbit, between mars and jupiter, and revolve around the sun. It is made up of dust and rock. Meteor is also a heavenly body like asteroid but smaller than that.
What is a tailed heavenly body?
A comet.
What is a body that orbits around another body?
gravity
What is heavenly bodies that goes around another heavenly body?
c.planet
What is a dimming light from one heavenly body by another?
A dimming or absence of light from one heavenly body by another is called an eclipse. Eclipses can be temporary or permanent.
What is the definition of a sataliite?
You may mean 'satellite', it means an object in orbit around a heavenly body, or can means someone who hangs around another all the time.
Do Planets have moons?
Some do and some don't. Some planets have more then one moon. By definition a heavenly body that circulate another heavenly body is called a moon. A heavenly body that circulates a star (sun) is called a planet.
What is the disturbance of the motion of one heavenly body by another is called?
Perturbation
What is obscuring of one heavenly body by another?
An eclipse or partial eclipse.
What is a small body revolving around planet - a moon?
A "moon" or a "satellite" of that planet
What is the name of a heavenly body that revolves around a planet?
A natural satellite, or a moon.
Polaris is another name for this heavenly body?
The North Star The Pole Star Polaris
How was Mars discovered by the Egyptians?
Mars was observed by the Egyptians because it was the brightest star in the sky. at the time it was just another star and the concept of planet revolving around the sun had not yet been brought forward. However by the time the Egyptians started to take note of the heavenly body's they would certainly have a special place set aside for it as it did not behave as did normal stars.
What is the differ for revolution and rotation?
Rotation refers to an object that spins on it's own axis. In contrast, revolution is an actual movement of a body or object around another. An example of a revolution is the earth revolving around the sun.
What is the duration of The Heavenly Body?
The duration of The Heavenly Body is 1.58 hours.
