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Astronomy Ch.1 vocab
Astronomy chapter one vocab
Term | Definition |
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Telescope | A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer. |
Crater | Round pits on the moon's surface. |
Gravity | The attractive force between two objects; its magnitude depends on their masses and the distance between them. |
Tide | The rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean. |
Revolution | The movement of an object around another object |
Orbit | The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space. |
Solar Eclipse | The blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is between the sun and Earth. |
Astronomy | The study of moon, stars, and other objects in space |
Satellite | Any object that revolves around another object in space. |
Lunar Eclipse | The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and moon. |
Maria | Dark, flat regions on the moon's surface. |
Phase | One of the different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth. |
Eclipse | The partial or total blocking of one object by another. |