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| is the astronomical model in which the earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary sun at the center of the solar system |
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| is a description of the cosmos where the earth is at the center of all celestialbodies |
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| lived earlier, and was arrest for his views on the solar system |
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| didn't share his views on the solar system until on his deathbed. planets traveled in circle |
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| has the hottest surface temperature because of its thick atmosphere |
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| ice caps other than earth |
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| its axis of rotation is titled on its side |
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| titan is one of its moons |
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| has the largest moon in solar system |
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| has the largest volcano in solar system |
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| farther planet from the earth |
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| closest planet to the sun |
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| ancient greeks thought everithing revolved around the earth |
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all lanets revolve around the sun.
believed by copernicus and galileo.
went againts the church idea |
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| how the solar system formed |
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| star exploded. gases and fragments. nebula starts to spin and most material contracts to form the sun. less than 1% of the nebula forms the planets and asteroids |
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| 70% of it is covered with water |
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| there are 4. smaller. rocky, more dense. iron core |
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| blu color of these two planets |
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| there are 4. larger. gaseous, less dense |
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| planets traveled at different speeds and is ovals (elliptical orbit) |
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| Cloud of billions of comets, past Pluto |
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| Composed of dust and rock mixed with frozen water, Methan, and ammonia |
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| Piece of rock similar to the material that formed into planets |
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| Piece of rock and dust form by a break comet |
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| When a meteoroid totally burn into the earth surface |
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| When a meteoroid touch the earth's before it burns |
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| Order of the planets from the nearest at the sun |
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| Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
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| Order of planets from the biggest to the smaller |
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| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury |
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| smallest planet. no atmosphere, no moons. nearest to the sun. 425 to 475 C. Has craters |
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| similar to earth size. thick atmosphere made mostly of carbon oxide. has craters. greenhouse cause surface temperature like 425 to 475. no moons. |
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| atmopshere protects life. has one large moon |
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| known as red planet. there is iron oxide. two small moons. big volcano.has a thin atmosphere composed mostly of carbon oxide. |
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| largest planet. has faint rings. atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium. continues storms (red spot is the bigger one. 63 moons |
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| the most volcanically active object in the solar system. atmosphere of sulfur dioxide. is a moon of jupiter |
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| mostly is made by ice. there could be an ocean under the ice. has a atmosphere with oxygen |
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| second largest planet in solar system atmosphere with hydrogen and helium.known for its ring. 47 moons, his largest one (titan) is larger than mercury |
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27 moons. axis rotation is nearly parallel to the plane orbit.
. atmosphere with helium, hydrogen and methane. dark rings. blu color |
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| methane cause is blu color. has dark color storms in his atmosphere. 13 moons. large gaseous |
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| was consider the 9th planet. 248 years to orbit the sun. 3 moons icy-rock surface |
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| comet that was named after that Edmund Halley realized that this comet took 76 years to orbit the sun. |
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| bright cloud around the nucleus |
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| is the tail of a comet that is divide by the solar wind into Ion tail and Dust tail |
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| is a dwarf planet within the asteroid belt |
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| place where there are a lot of asteroids, which is between mars and jupiter |
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