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Astronomy
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It seperated from 2 words that are aster which means stars and onomy which means knowledge of. So, if you combine them together Astronomy means knowledge of the stars.
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Stonehenge
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This is the object used before to tell what season it is.
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Constellations
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These are patterns of stars at make a picture, like Leo the lion. Ancient people use these as their calendars.
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Shooting stars
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These are not really stars, they are meteors. Some say that if you see a shooting star and you make a wish, your wish will come true.
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Gravity
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The sun pulls on the earth with this force. This is the force that keeps the earth in place.
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Nicolas Copernicus
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The man who discovered that the earth revolved around the sun.
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Galileo Galilei
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He is an astronomer who told us how to use telescopes.
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Hubble space telescope
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This is a telescope outside earth. It sends pictures from outer space to earth.
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Satellite
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This is an object up in sspace that spins around another object.
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Day 4 of God's creation
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This is the day when god made the stars and planets.
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Solar System
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This is made out of 9 planets and the sun.
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Gravitational pull
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This is the pull that planets have in each other.
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NASA
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This is the American space program. It sends people and spaceships to outer space. This means national aeronautics and space administration.
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