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explain the importance of the sun to our solar system.
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the gravity is important because the heliocentric gravity. meaning that the sun is the the biggest thing in our solar system causeing our gravity. the sun takes up 99.8%
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different between revolution and rotation
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rotation: earth spins 1 time around
revolution: one time around the sun |
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mvemsun
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Mercury: 36 million miles
Venus: 67.2 million miles Earth: 93 million miles Mars: 141.6 million miles Jupiter: 483.6 million miles Saturn: 886.7 million miles Uranus: 1,784.0 million miles Neptune: 2,794.4 million miles |
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sizes of planets
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Jupiter - 88,700 miles
Saturn - 74,898 miles Uranus - 31,690 miles Neptune - 30,775 miles Earth - 7,926 miles Venus - 7,521 miles Mars - 4,222 miles Mercury - 3,031 miles |
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other sizes
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Mercury - 3,031 miles
Mars - 4,222 miles Venus - 7,521 miles Earth - 7,926 miles Neptune - 30,775 miles Uranus - 31,690 miles Saturn - 74,898 miles Jupiter - 88,700 miles |
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a orbit around a earth is called a
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elliptical
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moon phases
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New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous Last Quarter Waning Crescent
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the __________ rotational period is the length as it orbits the earth
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moon
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