A | B |
rotation | spinning of a body on its axis |
season | time of year characterized by a pattern of temperature and weather trends |
day | time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis |
solstice | sunlight shines at maximum in the Northern hemisphere and minimally in the Southern hemisphere |
equinox | sunlight shines equally in both the Northern & Southern hemispheres |
revolution | motion of that a body travels around another body |
axis_tilt | angular position of earth's poles; 23.5 degrees |
year | time it takes earth to complete one full revolution around the sun |
Luna | goddess of the moon |
maria | volcanic plains on the moon |
Neil_Armstrong | astronaut who first set foot on the moon |
Apollo11 | Nasa mission that first landed men on the moon |
lunar eclipse | condition where the earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon |
solar eclipse | condition where the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the part of the earth |