Quizlet flashcards: Basic Set
Quizlet flashcards: Advanced Set
별 star
달 moon
태양 / 해 sun
(태양 is used when speaking of the suns role in the solar system though it can be used for saying things like “the sun is bright” although 해 is mostly used when saying everyday sentences such as “the sun is bright”. 태양 is based on chinese so it is used more in like school and science type settings)
별자리 constellation / star sign
황도십이궁 zodiac
THE 12 ZODIACS (날짜-> date)
THE 13 ZODIACS
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뱀주인자리 (ophiucus) is also referred to as 땅꾼자리
[(https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%B3%84%EC%9E%90%EB%A6%AC]
위성 “natural satellite” or moon.
-> a celestial body orbiting a planet (This is more like the moons role in the solar system. Otherwise it is simply “planetname의 달”. Except for our moon which is just 달)
성간우주 / 성간공간 interstellar space
성간 (별사이) interstellar (between the stars)
공간 space (as in “area” like in a room)
우주 universe / outerspace
은하 galaxy
행성간공강 interplanetary
블랙홀 black hole
성간매질 interstellar medium
은하수 milky way
북극광 northern lights
오르트 구름 Oort cloud
산란 원반 scattered disk
카이퍼 벨트 / 카이퍼 띠 kuiper belt
태양계 solar system
태양계소천체 small solar system bodies (SSSB)
소행성대 asteroid belt
소행성 asteroid
유성 meteor
유성우 meteor shower
유성체 meteoroid
운석 meteorite
혜성 comet
천체 astronomical object/celestial body
미국항공우주국 (나사) nasa
한국항공우주연구원 kari (korea aerospace research institute) for short, 카리 or 항우연
행성 planet
수성 mercury
금성 venus
지구 earth
화성 mars
목성 jupiter
토성 saturn
천왕성 uranus
해왕성 neptune (좋아해왕성~ pun for 좋아해왔어 😁)
명왕성 pluto
대기 atmosphere
대류권 troposphere
성층권 stratosphere
중간권 mesosphere
열권 thermosphere
외기권 exosphere
자외선 UV
오존층 ozone layer
우주선 spaceship
미확인 비행 물체 UFO (they actually just use “UFO” as well but knowing the translation is fun~)
우주인 / 외계인 alien
(외계인 is mostly used)
우주인 / 우주비행사 astronaut
–> 우주인 literally means “space person” and is most common for an astronaut while 외계인 is most common for an alien. On the other hand, the hanja for 우주인 (宇宙人) is used for an alien in Japanese 😉 (Japanese pronounce similar to 우추진 – うちゅうじん)
외계생물 extraterrestrial life
(생물 can also be 생물체, 생명체, or 유기체. these are words for “life form / living organism”)
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