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To travel in a closed path around an object such as Earth does as it moves around the sun |
Revolve |
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The path on body inspire takes as it revolves around another body in such as that of Earth as it revolves around the sun |
Orbit |
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The spinning of Earth on it's axis |
Rotate |
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An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South poles |
Axis |
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The passing of one object through the shadow of another |
Eclipse |
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Point in Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight are at their greatest or fewest |
Solstice |
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Point in Earth's orbit which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal |
Equinox |
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Large round bodies that revolve around a stars |
Planets |
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Chucks of rock that look like giant potatoes is space |
Asteroids |
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Balls of ice and rock that circle the sun from two regions |
Comets |
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An instrument that magnifies distant objects |
Telescope |
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a natural body like the moon or an artificial object that orbits another object |
Satelite |
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a robot exploring space |
Space probe |