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Revolution
an object around another object
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rotation
is the spin of an object around its axes
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equinox
when the earths rotation axis is neither toward or away from the sun
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waxing
when a portion of the moon gets larger
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tide
the periodic rise and fall of the oceans
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waning
a portion of the moon that gets smaller
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eclipse
the movement of the solar system
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solstice
happens in June and December
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Geocentric
Geo means rock and Centric means center, the old thinking Earth Center of solar system
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Heliocentric
Helio is the sun and centric is the center New thinking sun is center we move around the sun.
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Elliptical
orbits the earth around the sun
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AU
Astronomical Unit (AU) 150 million Km
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