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.
