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Rotation

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The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

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Axis

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An imaginary line that passes through a planet’s center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates

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Revolution

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The rotation of an object around another object

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Orbit

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The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

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Solstice

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Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

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Equinox

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Means equal; this occurs halfway between the solstices; it is the two days of the year in which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun