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Space Vocabulary 1
space
Term | Definition |
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eclipse | The partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another. |
equator | An imaginary line forming a great circle around the Earth’s surface that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres |
hemisphere | Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator, or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian, especially the prime meridian |
phases | Any of the forms, recurring in cycles, in which the moon or a planet appears in the sky. |
revolution | The motion of an object around a point, especially around another object or a center of mass. |
rotation | The motion of an object around an internal axis |
seasons | A period of an object around an internal axis |
solstice | When one hemisphere gets its maximum area of sunlight, while the other hemisphere gets its minimum amount; the time of year when days are either longest or shortest, and the angle of sunlight reaches its maximum or minimum |
equinox | When sunlight shines equally on the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere; a time of year when daylight and darkness are nearly equal for most of Earth |
tides | The regular rising and falling of Earth’s surface waters twice a tidal day as a result of the Moon’s and Sun’s gravitational attraction. |
waxing | increasing |
waning | decreasing |