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moon-earth-sun vocab
Term | Definition |
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Crater | The depression at the summit of a volcano or that which is produced by meteorite impact. |
Ray | Any of a system if a bright elongated steaks,sometime associated with a crater on the moon |
Mare | The latin name or the smooth areas of the moon formerly thought to be seas |
Rille | Long channel associated with lunar maria |
Lunar Regolith | A thin, gray layer on the surface of the moon,consisting of loosely compacted, fragmented material believed to have been formed by repeated impacted meteorites. |
Precession | A slow motion of Earth’s axis that traces out a cone over a period of 26,000 years |
Perihelion | The point in orbit of a planet where its closest to the sun |
Aphelion | The place in the orbit of a planet where the planet is farthest from the sun |
Perigee | The point at which the moon is closest to earth |
Apogee | The point where the moon is farest from earth |
Phases of the moon | The progression of changes in the moon’s appearance during the month |
Solar eclipse | An eclipse from the sun;a solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in a line directly between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on Earth |
Lunar eclipse | An eclipse of the moon;a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth’s shadow |