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Astronomy C1L2
Question | Answer |
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An imaginary line that passes through a planet's center and its north and south pole, about which the pole rotates. | axsis |
The spinning motion of a planet on its axis. | rotation |
The movement of object around another object. | revolution |
The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space. | orbit |
A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year. | calendar |
Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator. | solistice |
Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away of the sun. | equinox |