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Solar eclipse

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When the sun, earth, and moon light up.

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Lunar eclipse

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When there is a full moon and the sun, moon, earth line up.

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Inner planets

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Mercury Venus earth mars

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Outer planets

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Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

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Kuiper belt

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Ing of icy bodies called plutiods

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Oort belt

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Giant shell with small icy bodies

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Astronomical unit

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Instead of using miles astronauts use this

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Nebular theory

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Grand theory of how the solar system is formed

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Hypothesis that explains the theory of the moon

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Giant impact theory

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