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Saturn:
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The sixth planet in the solar system, well-known for its obvious ring structure. Saturn is approximately ten times the Earth’s distance from the Sun. The planet completes a route around the Sun in about 30 Earth years. Saturn is the second biggest and the least dense planet in our solar system. The planet has additional than 21 moons, including Titan, the second biggest known moon in our solar system.
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Solar Eclipse:
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A phenomenon in which the Moon’s disk pass in front of the Sun, congestion sunlight. A total eclipse occurs when the Moon entirely obscures the Sun’s disk, leaving only the solar corona visible. A solar eclipse can only occur during a new phase of the Moon.
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Space-time:
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The four-dimensional organize system (three dimensions of space and one of time) in which physical events are located.
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Star:
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A vast ball of gas held together by gravity. The central core of a star is exceptionally hot and produces energy. Some of this energy is free of charge as visible light that makes the star glow. Stars come in unlike sizes, colors, and temperatures. Our Sun, the middle of our solar system, is a yellow star of average temperature and size.
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Sun:
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The star at the center of our solar system. A standard star in terms of size and mass, the Sun is a yellow dwarf of phantom type G2. It is about 5 billion years old, contains 2 * 1030 kilograms of substance, and has a diameter more than 100 times that of Earth.
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