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rotation | the spinning motion around an axis |
axis | the imaginary line on which an object rotates |
revolution | the movement of an oject in space in a circle or orbit around another object |
constellation | a group of stars that forms a pattern that looks like a person, animal, or object |
planet | a large body that circles a star and does not give off light as a star does |
solar system | the Sun and all the planets and other objects that orbit it |
phases | any stage, in a series of changes in the apparent shape of the Moon |
Mercury | the first planet from the Sun |
Venus | the second planet from the Sun |
Earth | the third planet from the Sun |
Mars | the fourth planet from the Sun |
Jupiter | the fifth planet from the Sun |
Saturn | the sixth planet from the Sun |
Uranus | the seventh planet from the Sun |
Neptune | the eighth planet from the Sun |