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Earth moon and sun

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Moon A rocky spree that travels around a planet the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
Sun the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
Scale The realities size of things
Illuminate To shine light on a object to make it visible
Moon phase The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from. Earth
Pattern Something we observe to be similar over and over
Orbit the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
Model an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
Waning To get smaller
Waxing To get bigger
Gibbus Swelling
Terminater The border between light and dark on the moon
Crescent moon A moon phase that looks less than a half of a circle from earth
Exomoon A moon outside our solar system
Exoplanet A planet outside our solar system
Full moon A moon phase that looks like a a full circle from earth
Lunar eclipse When the moon is completely dark
Quarter moon A moon phase that looks like a half circle from earth
Solar system Sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
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