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earth in space

the earth is in space

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Astronomy Study of the stars and other objects in space.
Astronomer A scientist thet study's stars and space.
rotation A object in space spinning in a small circle.
revulsion A object in space going in a large circle around another object.
orbit Revolving around another mass in a continuous path.
constolashon A picture in the stars thet early astronomers made up.
geocentric-theory A theory thet clams the earth is the center of the universe.
Helocintric-theory Thet the sun is the middle of the solar system.
comet A object in space thet is made up of dust and ice.
meteor A body of mass in outer space thet appears as a streak of light as result of friction as it falls threw the atmosphere.
solar systom Masses revolving around a star.
N.A.S.A The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Telescope A optical instrument to make distant objects appear nearer.
waxing The light side of the moon growing.
waning The light side of the moon shrinking.
phases The appearance of the moon growing and shrinking from earth.
moons orbital tilt As the moon orbits the earth its orbit es at a tilt.
satellite Something orbiting larger mass.
orbit A track of a objects revulsion.
solar eclipce When the line up is sun moon earth.
lunar eclipce When the line up is sun earth moon.
8 phases of the moon New moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 2nd quarter, and waning crescent.
tides High tide, low tide, neap tide, spring tide.
neep tide Sun earth moon in a right angle to make a low high tide.
spring tide Sun earth moon, sun moon earth the highest high tide.
umbra The vary small dark and persice shadow of a plaint.
preumbra Larger range of a shadow of a plaint.
maria large smoothe, dark spots on the moon
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