Give the meaning of the following terms : (a) Milky way (b) Celestial objects (c) Pole star (d) Constellation (e) Asteroids (f) Geo - stationary Satellites

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$(a) T h e g a l a x y o f w h i c h t h e s u n a n d t h e s o l a r s y s t e m a r e a p a r t a n d w h i c h c o n t a i n s t h e m y r i a d s o f s t a r s t h a t c r e a t e t h e l i g h t o f t h e M i l k y W a y . (b) A s t a r t h a t c a n b e s e e n b y p e o p l e i n n o r t h e r n p a r t o f t h e w o r l d a n d a l w a y s s h o w s w h e r e n o r t h p o l e l i e s . (c) T h e s t a r s f o r m i n g a g r o u p t h a t h a s a r e c o g n i s a b l e s h a p e s i s c a l l e d t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n . (d) T h e r e i s a l a r g e g a p b e t w e e n t h e o r b i t s o f m a r s a n d j u p i t e r . T h i s g a p i s o c c u p i e d b y a l a r g e n u m b e r o f s m a l l o b j e c t s t h a t r e v o l v e a r o u n d t h e s u n t h e s e a r e c a l l e d a s t e r o i d s . (e) A g e o s t a t i o n a r y s a t e l l i t e i s a n e a r t h - o r b i t i n g s a t e l l i t e, p l a c e d a t a n a l t i t u d e o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 35, 800 k i l o m e t e r s (22, 300 m i l e s) d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e e q u a t o r, t h a t r e v o l v e s i n t h e s a m e d i r e c t i o n t h e e a r t h r o t a t e s (w e s t t o e a s t) .$

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