(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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a close approach of two or more planets
planetary conjunction
a planet appears to move backwards
retrograde motion
a point in a planet's motion where it appears to stops and stay in place before reversing direction.
station
planets closer to the sun than earth (Mercury and Venus)
inferior planets
another name for planets
wandering stars
When two celestial bodies lie along the same line of sight, so that they appear near each other in the sky.
conjunction
when a celestial body passes in front of another and appears to hide another celestial body
occultation
A planet's apparent separation from the Sun.
elongation
an inferior planet is between the Earth and the Sun
inferior conjunction
The point when a superior planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun and is easiest to view.
opposition
the point when an inferior planet is farthest from the Sun and easiest to view
greatest elongation
Planets farther from the Sun than Earth (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
superior planets
path of the sun and planets that includes the zodiac constellations
ecliptic
when a superior planet is 1/4 of the way around the zodiac from the Sun
quadrature
a close approach of the moon and a planet or star
lunar conjunction
an inferior or superior planet is on the far side of the Sun from Earth
superior conjunction
