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Angels solar system
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6th Grade
02/02/2006

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Soltice
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A piont in earth's orbit around the sun where daylight is either the longest or the shortest amount possible Winter is the shortest Dec.21 Summer is the longest June 21[image]
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Equinox
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A piont in Earth's around the sun where night and days are the same lengnth Spring is Mar. 21 Fall is Sept.22[image]
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Lunar Eclipse
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A darkening of the moon when it passes through Earths shadow[image]
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Tide
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The rise and the fall of water in the ocean and the seas caused mainly by the gravitional pull of the moon on Earth[image]
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galaxies
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system of billions of stars, gases, and dust[image]
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quasars
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brilliant objcts in space that may be powerhouse of developing galaxies
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nebula
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cloud of gas and dust in space[image]
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red giant
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a star that has swelled and glow with a red color[image]
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supernova
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the eplosion of a star releasing huge amounts of light and other energy
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black hole
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an invisible objec in space whose mass and gravitional force is sogreat that not even light can escape
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big bang theory
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the idea that universe started a huge explosion about 15 billion years ago
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