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Solar System unit

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Star   A large,hot ball of glowing gasses  
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  move or cause something into a sloping position  
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orbit   the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet or moon  
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moon   A natural satellite that orbits a planet  
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Telescope   An optical instrument designed to make distant object appear nearer  
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universe   everything that exist  
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planet   a large object in space that orbits a star  
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revole   move in a circle on a central axis  
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rotate   move or cause to move in a circle around and axis or center  
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Solar energy   from sunlight  
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constellation   A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent  
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Atmosphere   the layer of gases that surrounds earth and other planets  
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comet   A frozen mass of ice and dust orbiting the sun  
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Lunar eclipse   An eclipse in witch the moon appears darkened  
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Solar Eclipse   An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon  
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ellipital   Elliptical is a term which means that of relating to, or shaped  
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solstice   either of the two times in a year the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches highest or the lowest point  
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Astroid   a small rocky body orbiting the sun.Large number of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles  
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