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Equinox, Eclipse & Space Vocabulary Word List (215)
| A) | Aberration, Absolute, Accuracy, Alien, Alignment, Altitude, Analysis, Annular eclipse, Annular total eclipse, Anomaly, Apex, Aphelion, APOGEE, Apotheosis, Arc, Ascendant, Ascending node, Asteroid, ASTRONOMER, Astronomy, Atmosphere, Aubrey holes, AUTUMNAL, Axis, Azimuth |
| B) | Beads, Beyond, Block, Body |
| C) | Celestial, Central eclipse, Ceremony, Circular, Clouds, Cold, Colossal, Communication, Composition, Consequence, Contact, Contribution, CORONA, Cosmic, Cover, Cross, Crowd, Cusp, Cycle |
| D) | Darkening, Darkness, Data, Daylight, Declination, Degrees, Delineate, Descendant, Descent, Discovery, Disk, Display, Distant, Documentation, Drift, Dust |
| E) | Early, Eclipse, Eclipsing binary, Ecliptic, Edge, Einstein, Ellipse, ELLIPTICAL, Encircle, Engineer, Engulf, Eon, Equator, EQUINOX, Equipment, Event, Evidence, Evolution, Exposure, External |
| F) | Farthest, Formation, Full moon |
| G) | Galactic, Galaxy, Galileo, Global |
| H) | Heavenly, Hemisphere, Hidden, Historic, Horizon, Hypothesis |
| I) | Illumination, Image, Immediate, Impact, Inquiry, Investigation, Invisible infrared rays, Ionosphere, Ions |
| L) | Latitude, Light, Longitude, Luminosity, LUNAR |
| M) | Magnitude, Marvel, Measurement, Moon |
| O) | Object, Obscure, Observable, OBSERVATION, OCCLUDE, Occurrence, Orbit, Outer space |
| P) | Partial, Passage, Path, PENUMBRA, PERIGEE, Phase, Pinhole view, Pinpoint, Planetarium, Planetary, Position, Prediction, Prominence, Protection, Proton, Prototype, Public, Pulsar |
| Q) | Quarter moon, Quasar, Quintessence |
| R) | Reflect, REFRACT, Regress, Relative, Research, Revolve, Ring |
| S) | Saros, Scientific, Scientist, Shadow, Sight, Significant, Size, Sky, SOLAR, Solar system, SOLSTICE, Source of light, Space, Spatial, Spectrometry, SPECTROSCOPE, Spectrum, Spherical, Stratosphere, Sunlight, Sunspot |
| T) | Technology, Telescope, TELESCOPIC, Temperature, Terra, Thrust, Tide, Tilt, TOTALITY, Track, Tragedy, Training, Trajectory, Transmissions, Transport, Turbulence, Twinkle |
| U) | Ultraviolet rays, Umbra, Unique, Universe, Unknown, Upper |
| V) | Variable, Variation, Variety, VERNAL, View, Visible, Vision |
| W) | Waning moon, Wavelength, Waxing moon, Weather |
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Do you know?
A solar or a lunar eclipse happens only when the sun, earth and the moon are nearly in a straight line.
A solar eclipse happens when the shadow of the moon, traveling from west to east, covers the face of the earth. It moves at approximately 2,000 miles (3,200 km) per hour.
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1. Explain the differences between an annular eclipse, a partial eclipse, a solar eclipse and a total eclipse.
2. What was a theory held by Albert Einstein about light and stars?
3. Besides the earth and the moon, can other heavenly bodies experience an eclipse? What one(s)?
3. Define these terms: azimuth, Bailys Beads, corona, occultation, perihelion and synodic month
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