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Astronomical unit: A unit of length used for distances within the solar system. The average distance from the Earth to the Sun.
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Axis of rotation: An imaginary line running through the center of Earth that the Earth rotates around.
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Constellation: A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.
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Eclipse: The total or partial hiding of one object in space by another
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Equinox: A time when sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Galaxy: A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
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Gas giants: The four largest planets- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, that are made mainly of hydrogen, helium, and other gases.
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Impact crater: A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet or other body in space after a smaller object strikes the surface.
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Lander: A craft designed to land on a planets surface.
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Mare: A large, dark region on the surface of the Moon.
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Orbit: The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
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Probe: A spacecraft that drops into a planet's atmosphere and records data.
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Revolution: The movement of one object around another.
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Rings: A wide flat zone of small particles around a planet's equator.
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Satellite: Any object that travels around another object in space.
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Season: Patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year.
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Solar System: Sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
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Solstice: A time when sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in the other hemisphere.
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Space Station: A large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods.
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Telescope: A device built to observe distant objects by making them appear closer
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Terrestrial planet: The highly dense, rocky planets nearest to the sun; Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
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Universe: Space and all of the matter and energy in it.