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Definitions
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Polaris- | The current star to which the North Celestial point of Earth's points, also called the " North Star". |
Latitude- | An angular distance on a globe that runs parallel ( East and West) to the equator, measured in degrees north and south. |
Longitude- | An angular distance on a globe that runs perpendicular ( North and South) to the equator ( measured in degrees East and West) |
Ellipse- | An oval shaped closed curve, the shape of a planets oval. |
Summer Solstice- | The solstice that marks the onset of summer, at the time of the longest day, about June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere and December 21st in the Southern Hemisphere. |
Winter Solstice- | The solstice that marks the onset of winter, and the time of the shortest day about December 22nd in the Northern Hemisphere and June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere. |
Equinox- | Either of two times of the year ( fall or spring) during a planets orbit when the North and South poles are equal distance from the sun causing day and night to be equal. |