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Planet
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A heavenly body that moves around a star.
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Orbit
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The path of each planet as it travels around the sun
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Telescope
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An instrument used to observe objects that are very far away.
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Solar system
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Everything that travels around the sun.
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What is a sun
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A star. It is the closest star to earth. That's why it looks so much bigger then the other stars.
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Inner planet
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Are closest to the sun and are warmer and smaller then the Outer planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.)
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Outer planet
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Are colder and larger then inner planets. (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)
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The moon travels around the earth in days
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In 1 month (29 ½ )days
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The earth travels around the sun in
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In 1 year 365 days
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solar eclipse
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When the moons shadow fall upon the earth and blocking the suns light.
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Lunar eclipse
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When the moon moves into the earths shadow.
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galaxy
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A large group of star and planets; Earth is in the Milky way galaxy
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Eclipse
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When an object passes into the shadow of another object.
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opaque
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An object that does not let light pass through it.
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Star
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Is a huge ball of hot gases
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Planetarium
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A museum where you can learn about stars and planets.
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Constellation
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The name for patterns of the stars in the night sky.
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