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Eclipse and Space Vocabulary Word List (217)
A)Aberration, Absolute, Accuracy, Alien, Alignment, Altitude, Analysis, Annular eclipse, Annular total eclipse, Anomalistic month, 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
J)January, July, Justify
K)Kilometers
L)Latitude, Light, Longitude, Luminosity, LUNAR
M)Magnitude, Marvel, Measurement, Moon
N)Node, Numbers
O)Object, Obscure, Observable, OBSERVATION, OCCLUDE, Occultation, 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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Z)Zenith, Zodiac
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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 moon’s shadow, 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 Albert Einstein’s theory 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, Baily’s Beads, corona, occultation, perihelion and synodic month


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