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Let’s solve this step by step.

We need to put these 12 space-related words in alphabetical order — that means from A to Z, like how they appear in a dictionary.

Here are the words again:

- planet
- satellite
- asteroids
- rocket
- moon
- galaxy
- astronaut
- meteor
- stars
- shuttle
- telescope
- tiger

Wait — “tiger” is not really a space term! But since it’s on the list, we’ll include it anyway. Maybe it’s a trick or just for fun.

Now, let’s sort them alphabetically.

Step 1: Look at the first letter of each word.

Words starting with:
- a → asteroids, astronaut
- g → galaxy
- m → moon, meteor
- p → planet
- r → rocket
- s → satellite, stars, shuttle
- t → telescope, tiger

Step 2: Sort within groups that start with the same letter.

For “a”:
- asteroids vs astronaut → “asteroids” comes before “astronaut” because ‘e’ comes before ‘u’ in the second letter? Wait — no! Let’s check carefully:

Actually, compare letter by letter:

“asteroids” = a-s-t-e-r-o-i-d-s
“astronaut” = a-s-t-r-o-n-a-u-t

First three letters are same: a-s-t
Fourth letter: “e” (in asteroids) vs “r” (in astronaut) → “e” comes before “r”, so asteroids comes before astronaut

✔ So: 1. asteroids, 2. astronaut

Next, “g” → only one: galaxy → 3. galaxy

Next, “m” → moon and meteor

Compare: “meteor” vs “moon”

First letter same: m
Second letter: “e” vs “o” → “e” comes before “o”, so meteor before moon

✔ So: 4. meteor, 5. moon

Next, “p” → planet → 6. planet

Next, “r” → rocket → 7. rocket

Next, “s” → satellite, stars, shuttle

Compare all three:

satellite = s-a-t-e-l-l-i-t-e
stars = s-t-a-r-s
shuttle = s-h-u-t-t-l-e

First letter same: s
Second letter: “a” (satellite), “t” (stars), “h” (shuttle)

Order of second letters: a, h, t → so:

satellite (a) → then shuttle (h) → then stars (t)

Wait — let’s double-check:

Alphabet: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t...

So after “s”, next letter:

- satellite → second letter “a” → earliest
- shuttle → second letter “h”
- stars → second letter “t”

Yes → so order: satellite, shuttle, stars

✔ So: 8. satellite, 9. shuttle, 10. stars

Next, “t” → telescope, tiger

telescope = t-e-l-e-s-c-o-p-e
tiger = t-i-g-e-r

First letter same: t
Second letter: “e” vs “i” → “e” comes before “i”, so telescope before tiger

✔ So: 11. telescope, 12. tiger

Now let’s list them all in order:

1. asteroids
2. astronaut
3. galaxy
4. meteor
5. moon
6. planet
7. rocket
8. satellite
9. shuttle
10. stars
11. telescope
12. tiger

Double-checking:

A: asteroids, astronaut ✔
G: galaxy ✔
M: meteor, moon ✔
P: planet ✔
R: rocket ✔
S: satellite, shuttle, stars ✔
T: telescope, tiger ✔

All 12 words accounted for. Alphabetical order looks correct.

Final Answer:
1. asteroids
2. astronaut
3. galaxy
4. meteor
5. moon
6. planet
7. rocket
8. satellite
9. shuttle
10. stars
11. telescope
12. tiger