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solstices
noun
(sol-stice)
either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
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winter solstice
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celestial equator
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ecliptic
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tishri
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sidereal
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lunar calendar
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lunisolar calendar
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galactic equator
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constellations
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asterism
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sundials
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vernal
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earthshine
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candlemas day
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celestial sphere
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gregorian calendar
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paschal
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occultation
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aphelion
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samhain
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sextile
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moonrise
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candlemas
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baisakh
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celestial mechanics
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zodiacal light
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ancients
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saturnian
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pleiades
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perseids
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holocene epoch
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gnomon
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zoroastrianism
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moons
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parashah
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moharram
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precession
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babylonians
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sabbaths
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triduum
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el nino southern oscillation
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jainism
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obliquity
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capricornus
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