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Science Earth in our Solar System

Terms in this set (16)

The planet on which we live; the world.

the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.

The star at the center of our solar system which our Earth orbits.

a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.

The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

the different shapes of the moon you see from Earth

A moon that is completely dark because it's unlit side is facing Earth

the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round

the moon's process of "getting smaller"

to go around something in a circle

to spin on an axis

An area from which light is blocked.

A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky

sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun