Solar System Flashcards

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Rotation

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A planet spinning on its axis

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Axis

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An imaginary line that passes through the a planets poles

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Revolution

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An object moving around another object

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Orbit

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A path an object moves around another object

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Solstice

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A day when the sun reaches the greatest distance north or south from the equator

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Equinox

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Means equal night. Happens between half way between solstices. When a hemisphere is tiled away or toward the sun.

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