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revolve to travel in a closed path around an object as Earth as it moves around the sun [image]
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rotate the spinning of the Earth on it's axis [image] |
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orbit the path one body in space takes as it revolves around another body; such as that of the Earth as it revolves around the sun [image] |
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axis an imaginary lie that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles [image] |
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eclipse the passing of an object through the shadow of another [image] |
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crater a bowl-shaped structure at the top of a volcano or on a planet or moon [image] [image] |
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gravity the force that pulls objects toward each other [image] |
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gravitation the force that pulls all objects in the universe toward one another [image] |
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planet a large object that orbits a star [image] |
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phases of the moon the regular changes in the way the moon looks from Earth [image] |
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