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published on January 08, 2017
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a small space rock orbits the sun

meteoroid
comet
asteroid
ellipse
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a mountain size chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun

meteoroid
comet
asteroid
galaxy
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a large space rock that orbits the sun

comet
asteroid
meteoroid
moon
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a flattened circle

comet
galaxy
gravity
ellipse
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the sun and all of the objects that move around it

galaxy
moon
inner planets
solar system
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the force that pulls object toward each other

moon
asteroid
gravity
ellipse
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the four large, gaseous planets farthest from the sun in our solar system

galaxy
solar system
outer planets
inner planets
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the four small, rocky planets closest to the sun in our solar system

inner planets
outer planets
solar system
galaxy
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a natural object that orbits a planet

comet
meteoroid
asteroid
moon
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An imaginary line that passes from the North Pole to the South Pole through Earth's center

Solar Axis
revolution
rotation
horizontal
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when a planet or moon spins on its axis

rotate/rotation
revolve
revolution
spin
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the time it takes for a planet to make one complete turn on its axis

revolution
revolve
rotations
day
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the line where the sky and Earth surface seem to meet

day
rotate
horizon
revolve
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to move in a fixed path around another object

revolve
rotation
spin
revolution
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when a planet makes one complete trip around the sun

rotation
revolution
revolve
spin
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the time it takes for a planet to make one full trip around the sun

month
year
decade
orbit
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the path that one object in space takes around another object in space

eclipse
planet
orbit
phases
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the regular changes in the way the moon looks from earth

eclipse
star
orbit
phases
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one object in space casting its shadow on another object in space

planet
phases
eclipse
star
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a large object that orbits a star

planet
star
orbit
moon
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an object in space that produces its own heat and light

star
moon
phases
orbit