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Science: Astronomy

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Astronomy The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.
Revolution The movement of an object around another object.
Solstice Two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator.
Axis An in imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and the South poles, about which it rotates.
Orbit The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
Equinox Two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
Rotation The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.
Phases One of the different apparent shapes of the moon seen from earth.
Eclipse The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another.
Solar Eclipse The blocking of sunlight to the Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth.
Umbra The darkest part of a shadow.
Penumbra The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part.
Lunar Eclipse The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon.
Tide The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean.
Spring Tide The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides.
Neap Tide The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.
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