Space Vocabulary 2

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the attraction of one object to another

the sun and moon line up to cause the highest high tides and the lowest low tides

when the view of one object in the sky is blocked by another object, or the Earth's shadow

dealing with the sun

these are the rise and fall of the ocean's surface caused by the moon's and sun's gravity

the apparent change in the shape of the moon due to how much of the sunlit side is facing the Earth

these tides have the smallest range and are caused when a right angle with the sun and moon cancels part of the pull

a self-luminous object that shines through the release of energy produced by a nuclear reaction at its core