Sun-Earth-Moon system
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| sphere | a round 3D object
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| axis | imaginary vertical line on which the earth spins
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| rotation | the spinning of the earth on its axis
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| revolution | the earths yearly orbit around the sun
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| ellipse | an elongated closed curve
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| solstice | the day when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or sout of the equator
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| equinox | when the sun is directly above the equator
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| moon phase | different appearances to the earth that the moon takes
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| new mooon | when the moon is between the earth and the sun
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| full moon | when the surface of th moon toward earth reflects light
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| waxing | you start to see more and more of the illuminated part of the moon
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| waning | you start to see less and less of the illuminted part of the moon
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| solar eclipse | when the moon moves directly between the sun and earth and casts a shadow on the earth
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| lunar eclipse | when the earths shadow falls on the moon
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| maria | resulting dark flat reigons of the moon
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| impact basin | an impression left behind from an object striking the moon
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