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Astronomy Exam 3
Planet Facts
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 2
11/30/2011

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Term
Planets by Mass
Definition
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Earth
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Pluto
Term
Planets by Radius
Definition
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Pluto
Term
Planets by Density
Definition
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Pluto
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Term
Planets by Gravity
Definition
Jupiter
Neptune
Earth
Venus and Saturn
Uranus
Mars and Mercury
Pluto
Term
Planets by Orbit Tilt
Definition
Pluto
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars and Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Term
Planets by Axis Tilt
Definition
Venus
Pluto
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Term
Planets by Eccentricity
Definition
Pluto
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Neptune
Venus
Term
Planets by Core Temp
Definition
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Earth
Uranus
Mars
Pluto
Term
Largest Surface Temperature Variation
Definition
Mercury
Term
Solar Day longer than year
Definition
Mercury
Term
Sidereal day longer than year
Definition
Venus
Term
Planets by number of moons
Definition
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Mars
Earth
Mercury and Venus
Term
Strongest magnetic field
Definition
Jupiter
Term
Shortest mean solar day and sidereal day
Definition
Jupiter
Term
Most varying solar day
Definition
Uranus
Term
Windiest
Definition
Neptune
Term
Mars' Moons
Definition
Phobos and Diemos
Term
Jupiter's Moons
Definition
Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, Io
Term
Saturn's Moons
Definition
Titan, Phoebe, Calypso, Telesto, Helene
Term
Uranus' Moons
Definition
Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Ophelia, Juliet
Term
Neptune's Moons
Definition
Triton, Nereid, Proteus
Term
Pluto's Moons
Definition
Charon, Nix, Cerberus
Term
Planets known to ancient man
Definition
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Term
Flattest surface
Definition
Venus
Term
Planets by number of rings
Definition
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter and Uranus
Term
Asteroids
Definition
Stony or irony
Term
Meteors
Definition
Smaller than asteroids. Interact with Earth.
Term
It's called a meteor...
Definition
When it's falling through the atmosphere
Term
Meteorite
Definition
When it hits the ground
Term
Meteoroid
Definition
when it's in space
Term
Comets
Definition
mostly ices and dust. low density. long, eccentric orbit.
Term
Greatest eccentricity of any moon
Definition
Nereid
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