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the study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space, or the cosmos |
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an imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles |
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the spinning motion of a planet on its axis |
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the movement of an object around another object in space |
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the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space |
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a system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year |
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means “sun stop”
the two days of the year on which the sun is the highest and lowest in the sky
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