Is a body that orbits a planet.

Is a giant ball of superheated gas or plasma composed of hydrogen and helium.

Is an object that orbits the sun.

Is a streak of light produced when small pieces of rock or ice.

Is a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of lights.

A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure animal or object.

Orbit of each planet, an oval shape.

Largest object in our solar system.

Pole in the center of the earth.

Is the movement of one object around another.

There is one day per year when the sun appears highest in the sky.

Nether hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.

That pulls the moon torwards the earth.

The force that attracts all objects toward each other.

Law of universal gravitation

That every object in the universe attracts every other object.

Different shape of the moon you see.

When the moon passes directly between the earth and sun during the new moon.

Occurs during a full moon directly between the earth and the sun.

Darkest part of a shadow where light is completely blocked

Area of a shadow where light partially blocked.

Daily rise and fall of ocean water.

Lower high tides during the first and third quarter moons.

Dark smooth lava covered areas on the moon.

Higher lighter areas on the moon covered with craters.

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Term	Definition
Satellite	Is a body that orbits a planet.
Star	Is a giant ball of superheated gas or plasma composed of hydrogen and helium.
Planet	Is an object that orbits the sun.
Meteor	Is a streak of light produced when small pieces of rock or ice.
Comet	Is a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of lights.
Constellation	A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure animal or object.
Geocentric	Earth centered model
Heliocentric	Sun centered
Ellipse	Orbit of each planet, an oval shape.
Sun	Largest object in our solar system.
Axis	Pole in the center of the earth.
Rotation	Spinning on the earths axis.
Revolution	Is the movement of one object around another.
Orbit	Earths path around the sun.
Solstice	There is one day per year when the sun appears highest in the sky.
Equinox	Nether hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.
Hypothesized	That pulls the moon torwards the earth.
Gravity	The force that attracts all objects toward each other.
Law of universal gravitation	That every object in the universe attracts every other object.
Phase	Different shape of the moon you see.
Solar eclipse	When the moon passes directly between the earth and sun during the new moon.
Lunar eclipse	Occurs during a full moon directly between the earth and the sun.
Umbra	Darkest part of a shadow where light is completely blocked
Penumbra	Area of a shadow where light partially blocked.
Tide	Daily rise and fall of ocean water.
Neap tide	Lower high tides during the first and third quarter moons.
Maria	Dark smooth lava covered areas on the moon.
Highlands	Higher lighter areas on the moon covered with craters.

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