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| what is astronomy | the study of the moon stars and other objects in space |
| what is rotation | earth spinning on its axis |
| what is revolution | the movement of an object around another object |
| what is latitude | is a measurement of distance from the equator expressed in degrees north or south |
| what does equinox mean | equal night |
| what is orbit | earths path as it revolves around the sun |
| what is the moons orbit like | it is a flattened circle or an oval shape |
| what does the phase of the moon depend on | it depends on ow much of the sunlight side of the moon faces earth |
| when does an eclipse occur | when the shadow hits the moon |
| what is the darkest part ofthe moons shadow | the umbra it is cone shaped |
| when does the luner eclipse occur | when the full moon is directly between the moon and the sun |
| what happens when earth is in it umbra | you see a total luner eclipse |
| How does a rocket fly? | A rocket moves forward when gas is propelled from the rear of the rocket and gets pushed in the oppisite direction |
| what is a multistage rocket? | A miltistage rocket has 4 total sections and takes 3 separate brakeups to completly finish the separation |
| who was the first person in space | Yuri Gagarin, a soviet cosmonaust, orbited earth becoming the first man in space |
| What are satellites used for? | communication,navigaton,weather data,and reaserch |
| what is a space shuttle for | The space shuttle carried astronauts to the moon and collected data |
| what are space stations used for | IS a satelite that people can live in for long periods of time |
| what are the l;ow dry areas that were flooded with molten material billion of years | a maria |
| what happened in July 1969 | three astronauts circle the moon in apolo 11 |
