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10 Cards in this Set
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Sun
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-no moons
-solar flares -8 mins for sunlight to reach earth -prominance -sun spots -made of hydrogen & helium -nuclear fusion |
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Mercury
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-closest to the sun
-thin atmosphere -no moons -craters -large temp. range |
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Venus
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-no moons
-made of carbon-dioxide -covered w/ clouds -day longer than year -retrograde-spins backwards -hottest planet-greenhouse effect |
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Earth
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-1 moon
-71% H2O -only planet with life |
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Mars
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-rust in soil
-2 moons -last inner planet -explored with rover |
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Jupiter
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-thick atmosphere of hyforgen and helium
-great red spot swirling clouds -17 moons -300 times mass of earth -largest planet |
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Saturn
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-gas planet
-57 moons -complex ring system -rings made of ice, rock, and dust -made of hydrogen helium & methane -biggest moon "titan" |
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Uranus
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-4x's the diameter of earth
-18 moons -gas planet -made of methane -tilted at 90 degree angle -blue/has rings |
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Neptune
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-covered with thick clouds
-has a dark spot which is a storm -13 moons -largest moon "triton" |
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Pluto
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-icy surface
-no longer a planet -3 moons -farthest from the sun |
