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Earth, Moon, Sun

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a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth crescent moon
a moon outside our solar system exomoon
a planet outside our solar system exoplanet
a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth full moon
a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth gibbous moon
to shine light on an object and make it visible illuminate
when the Moon is completely dark lunar eclipse
an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see model
a rocky sphere that travels around a planet moon
the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth moon phase
a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth new moon
the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth) orbit
something we observe to be similar over and over again pattern
a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth quarter moon
the relative size of things scale
the Sun, the planets that orbit the Sun, and other objects that orbit the Sun solar system
the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system Sun
the border between light and dark on the Moon terminator
the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star year
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