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Orbit |
the path an object follows as it moves around another object. |
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Revolution |
the orbit of one object around the other object. |
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Rotation |
the spin of an object around its object. |
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Rotation axis |
the line of which an object rotates. |
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Solstice |
when earths rotation axis is tilted directly toward or away from the sun. |
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Eqauter |
an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distance from the poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting parallel of latitude 0*. |
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Equinox |
when the earths rotation is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun |
