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Can someone shorten these definitions?

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illuminate Supply with or brighten with light.

stable Firmly established; not changing, moving, or fluctuating.

rotate move around a center, or axis

solar day The time that the earth takes to make one complete rotation relative to the sun. It is 24 hours.

longitude The distance in degrees measured east or west of the prime meridian; expressed either in degrees or in time. (Lines of longitude are 15 degrees for telling time.)

meridian An imaginary line running in a circle around the earth through the poles.The Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich, England.

autumnal equinox. On or about September 22, when the days and nights are equal.

ellipse An egg-shaped orbit of a heavenly body. The shape of the earth’s orbital path around the sun

galaxy. One of billions of heavenly systems consisting of numerous stars. An example is the Milky Way.

orbit The curved pathway of a heavenly body through space.
vernal equinox The spring equinox, on about March 21, when days and nights are of equal length.

eclipse. Complete or partial blocking of light passing from one heavenly body to another, causing the darkening of one heavenly body by a shadow.

penumbra The lightest part of the shadow (around the edges) outside of the complete shadow formed during an eclipse.

umbra The darkest part of the shadow formed during an eclipse.

Vernal means “of spring”

Total lunar eclipse when the mood is entirely immersed within the umbral shadow. In a lunar eclipse, the moon appears to be darkened because the earth is casting a shadow on it.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To supply or brighten with light

Stable

Rotation describes the circular motion of an object around its center.

24 hours is what we think of as being a complete day,and the time it takes to transition from day to night and back again. It actually takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.09 seconds to rotate once on its axis.

Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around earth vertically.

The distance around the earth is 360 degrees. The meridian that runs through Greenwich , England is internationally accepted as the line of 0 degrees logitude, or prime meridian.

The September equinox is around September 22-24 and night and day are nearly the same,

All orbits are elliptical, which means they are an ellipse; similar to an oval.

Some are spiral galaxies, like the Milky Way. some are egg-shaped elliptical galaxies, and the rest are called irregular galaxies.

Hemispheres experience roughly equal amounts of daytime and nightime. On Earth, there are 2 equinoxes every year; one around March 21 and another around Sept 22.

An Eclipse takes place when one heavenly body such as a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body.

The moons penumbra causes partial solar eclipses, and the Earths penumbra is involved in penumbra lunar eclipse. The penumbra is lighter type of shadow.

The umbra (Latin for 'shadow') is the innermostand darkest part of a shadow.

Thebword vernal entered English in the 16th century, tracing all the way back to the Latin word ver, meaning spring.

Moon passes through the earths shadow ; Total, Partial, and Penumbral lunar.