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Vocabulary Earth in Space

Vocabulary for Chapter 17

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AxisAn imaginary center line that an object rotates around.
Moon phaseThe changing of the Moon's shape from Earth.
SatelliteAn object in orbit around another object.
Solar systemMade up of the Sun and its satellites.
Space probeA spacecraft that gathers information without a crew aboard.
AsteroidA wide, rocky mass that orbits the Sun.
CometFrozen mass of ice and dust that orbits the Sun.
RotationThis movement by Earth causes day and night.
RevolutionOne full orbit of an object around another object is called ____.

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