science vocab space
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- the path one body in space takes as it revolves around another body
- orbit
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the spinning of earth
on its axis - rotate
- an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its north and south poles
- axis
- the passing of one object through the shadow of another
- eclipse
- point on Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight are at their greatest or fewest
- solstice
- point in Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal
- equinox
- large round bodies that revolve around a star
- planets
- chunks of rock that look like giant potatoes in space
- asteroids
- balls of ice and rock that circle the sun from two regions beyond the orbit of pluto
- comets
- an instrument that magnifies distant objects, or makes them appear larger
- telescope
- to travel in a closed path around an object
- revolve
- a natural body, like the moon, or an artificial object that orbits another object
- satellite
- a robot vehicle used to explore deep space
- space probe