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Astronomy:branch of science that deals with celestial objects,
Geocentric:representing the earth as the center, in former astronomical systems.
Orbit:curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
Heliocentric:having or representing the sun as the center, astronomical model of the solar system.
Retrograde Motion:apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system,
Ellipse: regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points
Astronomical unit: distance between the Earth and the sun, about 98 million miles or 150 million kilometers.
Rotation: rotating around an axis or center.
Revolution: the movement of one object around a center or another object,
Precession: movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis due to a torque
Aphelion:point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.
Vocabulary
- regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points
- apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system,
- distance between the Earth and the sun, about 98 million miles or 150 million kilometers.
- having or representing the sun as the center, astronomical model of the solar system.
- point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.
- curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
| - movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis due to a torque
- representing the earth as the center, in former astronomical systems.
- the movement of one object around a center or another object,
- branch of science that deals with celestial objects,
- rotating around an axis or center.
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Vocabulary
- ELLIPSE
- RETROGRADEMOTION
- ASTRONOMICALUNIT
- HELIOCENTRIC
- APHELION
- ORBIT
| - PRECESSION
- GEOCENTRIC
- REVOLUTION
- ASTRONOMY
- ROTATION
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