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| the study of the moon, stars and other objects in space |
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| the day of the year that marks the beginning of fall in the N.Hemisphere |
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| an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the north and south poles about which earth rotates. |
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| a round pit on the moon's surface |
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| the partial or total blocking of one object by another |
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| the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is titled toward or away from the sun |
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| the orbit of a satellite that revolves around Earth at the same rate that Earth rotates |
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| the attractive force between two object; its depends on their masses and the distance between them |
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| a measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees north or south |
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| the blocking of the sunlight to the moon that occurs when earth is directly between the sun and moon |
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| dark flat region on the surface |
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| a tide with the least difference between low and high tides |
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| the path of the object as it revolves around another object in space |
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| the part of a shadow surrounding the darkness part |
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| one of the difference shapes of the moon as seen from earth |
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| the movement of an object around another object |
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| the spinning motion of a planet about its axis |
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| any object that revolves around another object in space |
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| the blocking of sunlight to earth that occurs when the moon is between t he sun and the earth |
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| the two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5 south or 23.5 north |
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| a tide with the greatest difference between the low and high tides |
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| a device built to study distant object by making them appear closer |
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| the rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean |
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| the darkest part of a shadow |
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| the day of the year that marks the beginning of spring in the N. Hemisphere |
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