| Definition | Term |
| The place in the orbit of a planet where the planet is farthest from the Sun, | |
| Average distance from Earth to the Sun. | |
| A slow motion of Earth' s axis that traces out a cone over a period of 26,000 years. | |
| An imaginary hollow sphere upon which the ancients believed the stars were hung and carried around the Earth. | |
| An apperant group of stars originally named for mythical characters. | |
| The angular distance north or south of the celestial equator denoting the position of a celestial body. | |
| The yearly path of the Sun plotted against the background of stars. | |
| A method of locating stellar objects much like the coordinate system used on Earth's surface. | |
| The concept of an Earth- centered universe. | |
| The view that the Sun is at the center of the solar system. | |
| An eclipse of the moon. | |
| The average time between two passages of the Sun across the local celestial meridian. | |
| The point in the orbit of a planet where it is closest to the Sun. | |