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The Discovery of the Solar System

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Learners explain the observed motion of the planets. The inner ones move back-and-forth across the position of the Sun, while the outer ones usually advance in one direction, but with occasional temporary reversals known as "retrograde motion. "

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copernicus, the solar system

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9th - 12th
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Science
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