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science

TermDefinition
rotation rotating around the axis
axis the planets middle point
revolution an orbital motion around another object
equenox a nearly equal amount of days
solstice the time when the sun is at its highest or lowest point
luner the moon
maria dark spots on the moon used to be lava lower elevation
crater a large, bowl shaped hole in the ground or on the surface of a planet
waxing when its growing or getting bigger incress in ilumination
waning when it is in the phase in which its visible surface area is getting smaller
full moon full ilumination
new moon not bright no moon is showing
cresent a moon shaped as a cresnt
gibbous more than half but not all illuminated.
soler eclipse when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun
luner eclipse when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align
tide the alternate rising and falling of the sea
tidal range the difference in height between high tide and low tide
inner planets a planet whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt
outer planets a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt
astroid a small rocky body orbiting the sun
comet snowballs of frozen gases
meteroite a rock that falls to Earth from space.
galexy a system of millions or billions of stars
milky way our galaxy
elliptical galexy a galaxy that has no spiral arms
spiral galaxy a galaxy that has one or more spiral arms.
red dwarf a star having much lower surface temperature, brightness, mass, and size than the sun
supergiant an extremely large star
summer solctice june 21 highest point of the sun
winter december 21 the sun at its lowest point
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