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Sun moon earth

TermDefinition
Satellite An object that orbits a planet
Star A ball of hot gas primarily hydrogen and helium that undergoes nuclear fusion
Planet A object that orbits a star is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity and has cleared the area of its orbits
Meteor A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earths atmosphere.
Comet A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the Sun typically in a long narrow orbit.
Constellation A pattern of a grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or object
Geocentric Term describing a model of the universe in which Earth is at a center of the revolving plant and stars
Heliocentric Term describing a model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun.
Ellipse A oval shape which may be elongated or nearly circular the shape of the plants orbits
Rotation The spinning motion of a planet on its axis
Revolution The movement of an object around another object
Orbit the path of an object as it revolves around another object in spac
Solstice Earth is not lifted towards the sun which
Sun The largest object in our solar system
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