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Any natural or artificial object that orbits another object is called a ___________
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Satellite
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Both Earth and the moon have day-night cycles because they each ____________, or spin on an _____________.
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Rotate
orbit
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The path the moon take around Earth is its___________________.
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Orbit
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Galileo used used a __________ to observe four of Jupiter's moons.
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Telescope
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A ___________ us a vehicle that is used to explore deep space.
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Space probe
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As a planet travels around the sun, the planet____________.
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Revolves
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During an ________, one object in space passes through the shadows of another object.
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Esclipes
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In one year, locations in the Northern Hemisphere experience a summer and a winter___________ and a spring and fall ____________.
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Solstice
equinox
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Objects in the solar systems include nine______ with their moons.
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Planets
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Chunks of rock (sizes -basketball to small planet) that orbit between Mars and Jupiter
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Asteriods
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Balls of ice and rock, circle the sun from two regions beyond the orbit of Pluto. Glowing clouds surround most comets.
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Comets
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