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science

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Definition
rotation   rotating around the axis  
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axis   the planets middle point  
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revolution   an orbital motion around another object  
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equenox   a nearly equal amount of days  
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solstice   the time when the sun is at its highest or lowest point  
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luner   the moon  
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maria   dark spots on the moon used to be lava lower elevation  
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crater   a large, bowl shaped hole in the ground or on the surface of a planet  
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waxing   when its growing or getting bigger incress in ilumination  
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waning   when it is in the phase in which its visible surface area is getting smaller  
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full moon   full ilumination  
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new moon   not bright no moon is showing  
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cresent   a moon shaped as a cresnt  
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gibbous   more than half but not all illuminated.  
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soler eclipse   when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun  
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luner eclipse   when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align  
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tide   the alternate rising and falling of the sea  
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tidal range   the difference in height between high tide and low tide  
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inner planets   a planet whose orbit lies within the asteroid belt  
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outer planets   a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt  
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astroid   a small rocky body orbiting the sun  
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comet   snowballs of frozen gases  
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meteroite   a rock that falls to Earth from space.  
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galexy   a system of millions or billions of stars  
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milky way   our galaxy  
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elliptical galexy   a galaxy that has no spiral arms  
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spiral galaxy   a galaxy that has one or more spiral arms.  
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red dwarf   a star having much lower surface temperature, brightness, mass, and size than the sun  
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supergiant   an extremely large star  
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summer solctice   june 21 highest point of the sun  
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winter   december 21 the sun at its lowest point  
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