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Astronomical unit (AU) |
The average distance between the sun and earth |
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Terrestrial planets |
The inner planets |
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Prograde rotation |
Appears to spin in a counterclockwise direction |
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Retrograde rotation |
Spins in a clockwise direction |
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Gas giants |
Large planets that don't have any known solid surface |
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Satellites |
Natural or artificial bodies that revolve around larger bodies like planets |
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Phases |
The different appearances of the moon due to its changing positions |
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Eclipse |
Occurs when the shadow of one of the celestial bodies falls on another |
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Comet |
A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together |
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Asteroids |
Small, rocky bodies in orbit around the sun |
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Asteroid belt |
A wide region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
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Meteoroid |
Small, rocky body orbiting the sun |
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Meteorite |
A meteoroid that enters earth's atmosphere and hits the ground |
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Meteor |
A bright streak of light caused by a meteoroid or comet Dust burning up in the atmosphere |
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Venus is the |
The hottest planet |
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Jupiter is the |
The largest planet |
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Mercury and Venus don't have |
Don't have moons |
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Venus and Uranus have |
Have retrograde rotation |
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Mercury has the |
Biggest extreme in temperatures |
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A comet moves fastest when it is |
Closest to the sun |
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Most comets form in the |
Oort cloud |
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The clouds on Venus |
Are made of sulfuric acid |
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Jupiter's great red spot |
A giant storm |
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Largest volcano in the solar system |
Olympus mons |
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The asteroid belt is between |
Mars and Jupiter |
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The tail of a comet faces |
Away From the sun |
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The moons pireod of rotation equals |
Its period of revolution |
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Planets or moons without an atmosphere will probably have |
Craters |
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4 largest moons of Jupiter |
Ganymede Callisto Io Europa |
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8 phases of the moon |
New moon Waxing crescent First Quarter Waxing gibbous Full moon Waning gibbous Last quarter Waning crescent Then back to new moon |
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Three characteristics of the inner planets |
Rocky Small Little if any moons |
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Three characteristics of the outer planets |
Gassy Large Several moons |
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