A | B |
astronomy | the study of all physical objects beyond Earth |
calendar | a system for organizing time; most calendars organize time within a single unit called a year |
year | the time required for the Earth to orbit the sun once |
month | roughly the amount of time required for the moon to orbit the Earth once |
day | the time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis |
leap year | a year in which an extra day is added to the calendar |
heliocentric | the theory that the sun is the center of the universe |
geocentric | the theory that the Earth is the center of the universe |