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| The study of the universe |
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| a ball of rock and ice that orbits the Sun |
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| a group of stars that seem to form a pattern |
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| a bowl-shaped hole on the Moon's surface |
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| the pull that all objects have on eachother |
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| the tendency of a moving object to stay in motion |
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| when the Moon appears darkened as it passes into the Earth's shadow |
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| an object that orbits a planet |
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| a huge cloud of dust and gas in space |
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when the position or direction of an object
appears to differ when viewed from different positions
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| the shape of the moon that we see in the night sky |
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| a large body that orbits a star |
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| one complete trip around the Sun |
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| one complete spin on an axis |
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| when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon partially blocks the Sun |
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| a star such as the Sun, the planet, and other bodies that travel around it |
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| a band of colors that forms when while light seperates into all the colors |
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| a device that collects light and magnifies images to make distant objects appear closer, larger, and brighter |
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| everything that exists including Earth, the planets, the stars, and all of space |
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