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El sistema TierraLS

Ciencia Fisica, C. 7, El sistema Tierra-Luna-Sol

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elipse/ellipse una curva cerrada y alargada con dos focos/elongated, closed curve with two foci;shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun.
esfera/sphere un cuerpo redondo, tridimensional cuya superficie es las misma disstancia desde el centro en todas las direcciones/three-dimensional round object whose surface is the same distance from the center in all directions.
gravedad/gravity la fuerza de atraccion entre dos cuerpos que depende de sus masas y la distancia entre ellos/attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.
ecliptica/ecliptic el plano que contience la orbita de la Tierra en torno al Sol/yearly path o Earth around the Sun; also, the Sun's apparent path through the zodiac
equinoccio/equinox occurre cuando el Sol esta directamente sobre el ecuador y el dia es tan largo como la noche/occurs twice yearly (March and September),when the Sun is directly above Earth's equator, and the number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours
huso horario/time zone una zona de 15 grados de ancho en que la hor es la misma/15 degree-wide area on Earth's surface in which the time is the same.
rotacion/rotation el giro de la Tierra sobre su eje, la cual es una linea imaginaria que pasa por los polos rotatorio norte y rotatorio sur de la Tierra/spinning of Earth on its axis; used to measure time in days.
solsticio/solstice el punto donde el Sol alcanza su mayor distancia norte or sur del ecuador/occurs twice yearly(June and December) when the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
traslacion/revolution el movimiento de la Tierra en su orbita en torno al Sol/movement of Earth in its orbit around the Sun;used to measure time in years.
eclipse lunar/lunar eclipse lo que ocurre cuando la sombra de la Tierra cae sobre la Luna/occurs during full moon, when the Moon enters Earth's umbra and Earth casts a curved shadow on the Moon's surface.
eclipse solar/solar eclipse lo que ocurre cuando la Luna se interpone directamente entre el Sol y la Tierra, arrojando una sombra en parte de ella/occurs during new moon, when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on part of Earth.
fases lunares/moon phases aspectos cambiantes de la Luna, vistos desde la Tierra/changing appearance of the Moon as viewed from Earth, depending on the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon, Earth, and the observer.
marea/tide ascenso y descenso del nivel del mar/rise and fall in Earth's sea level, caused by a giant wave formed by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon.
mares/maria son regiones oscuras y relativamente llanas en la superficie lunar/relatively flat, dark-colored regions on the Moon's surface
regolito/regolith capas de escombros de los meteoritos en la superficie lunar/layer of debris on the Moon's surface formed by the accumulation of meteoric mataerial.
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