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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Moon | a natural satellite that revolves around a planet |
phases | one of the different apparent shapes of the moon as seen from Earth |
lunar eclipse | the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon |
solar eclipse | the blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth |
comet | a loose collection of ice, dust and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit of the sun |
asteroid | rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets |
meteor | a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere |