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Enceladus has the highest value of this of all planets and moons in our solar system	Albedo
The phrase ‘Houston, we have a problem’ originates from this space craft	Apollo 13
This helps us photograph black holes - the light from it is blended around the black hole	Accretion disk
The second closest galaxy to ours	Andromeda
Plutos ____ was photographed by new horizons extending far into space due to Plutos relatively low gravity	Atmosphere
Using stars to predict or inform about human life (supposedly)	Astrology

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Ceres orbits the sun here	Asteroid belt
This triple star system lies near earth (about 4 light years)	Alpha centauri
Term referring to the furthest point in the orbit of an object relative to the object it orbits.	Apogee
Stephen Hawkings famous book about the universe	A brief history of time
We have thousands of these objects in orbit, only increasing. Its a problem because it can interfere with telescopes	Artificial satellite