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Equinox 
Solstice
Mare 
Eclipse 
Umbra 
Penumbra 
Astro
Unit 
Ellipse 
I'm
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When the sun crosses the equator of celestial equator
When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point
The female of a unique animal
The occur in light from on celestial body by the passage of another
The fully shaded inner region of a shadow
The partially shaded part of an outer shadow
Relating to the stars and outer space
The individual person regrading a single object
A regular oval shape traced by a point

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Terrestrial planet
Gas giant 
Asteroid 
Comet 
Meteor 
Meteorite 
Geocentric 
Heliocentric 
Gravity
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Is a planet that is expose to rock or metals
Is a planet made up of hydrogen and helium
A rock front the Big Bang that’s orbiting the sun
An object made up of ice and rock
Small ball of matter orbiting the sun
A mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
having or representing the earth as a center
measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.

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Orbit
Solar system
Galaxy
Universe
Satellite 
Impact crater
Axis of rotation
Revolution 
Season
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A curved path of a celestial object or space craft
The collection of nine planets that orbit around the sun
A system of billon of stars together with gas and dust
All existing matter and space considered as a whole
An artificial object placed in orbit around the earth or moon
A crater on the moon or planet caused by the impact of a meteorite
The strait line through all fixed points
The motion around another around the earth and sun
A period of a year charaterize day a specific.
temperature

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Waxing
Waning
Gibbous moon
Crescent moon
Full moon 
New moon
Quarter moon
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The moon after the new moon
Is when the moon is less then half full
More than half but less than full
Is between half and a new moon 
Is when the whole disk Is full
Is when the moon is invisible from earth
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