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Details Title: Solar System Description: Got a big test tomorrow, these will be on it. Total Flash Cards: 23 Created: 04/29/2008 16:47:13	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term How long ago was the ELE that wiped out the dinosaurs? Definition 65 million years Term name 3 dwarf planets Definition Pluto, Eris, Ceres Term What spacecraft landed on asteroid Eros? Definition NEAR Shoemaker Term What gas makes Neptune blue? Definition Methane Term Name the 4 Galilean moons. Definition GICE: Ganymede, Io, Calisto, Europa Term Of what planet is Titania a moon? Definition Uranus Term What's the largest moon in the solar system? Definition Ganymede (Jupiter) Term Triton orbits which planet? Definition Neptune Term What asteroid does Dactyl orbit? Definition Ida Term What planet was Magellan sent to? Definition Venus Term What is located in the Gusev crater on Mars? Definition Spirit Term Where is Keck's Observatory? Definition Mauna Kea, Hawaii Term What's the surface temperature of Venus? Definition 900 degrees F Term What's the Gravitational Constant (G)? Definition 6.67 x 10-11 Term How many miles in an AU? Definition 93 million Term Where do comets and asteroids chill? Definition Asteroid and Kuiper Belts, Oort Cloud Term How far is 1 light year? Definition 5.9 x 1012 Term What are the two moons of Mars? Definition Phobos and Deimos Term Where is Valles Marineris? Definition Mars Term How old is the universe? Definition 12 billion years Term When will the sun become a red giant? Definition 5 billion years from now Term What's the speed of light? Definition 186,000 mps Term Mars atmosphere is 95% what? Definition CO2