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| The inner planets are the planets in the inner part of the Solar System that orbit closest to the sun. The 4 inner planets are Mercury,Venus,earth,mars and they are mostly rockey. |
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| what are the outer planets? jupiter,saturn,uranus and neptune. These gas gaints are known for their gaseous atmosphere,large size and cool temperatures. |
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| what happens? Earth passes between the sun and the moon ,briefly plunging the moon into the darkness as earth shadow moves across it . |
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| What makes up our solar system ? |
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| Asteroids,Oort cloud,Dwarf planets ,Transneptunian objects ,Outer planets , Inner planets , Kuiper belt ,Meteroids,comets |
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| Made up of rock and ice , that orbit the sun . |
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| Meteoroids Are made of chunks of rock ,metal,or both that are shed from asteroids or comets |
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| Can be found in the Kuiper belt like pluto. |
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| Rocky material left over from the formation of the solar system is found in an area at the outer reaches of the solar system called the Oort clould . |
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| The moon passes between the sun and earth briefly blocking . |
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| what is Gravitational pull? |
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| Gravitational pull is what makes the planets orbit around the sun . |
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| star are huge balls of gas on fire eg. our sun, Alpha Centuri, the North Star. |
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| Constellations are groups of stars that appear to form a picture eg. the Big Dipper. |
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Stars are light years away.
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| The distance light travels in a year (9.5 x 1012 km) |
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| Planetary rotation causes night and day. When the face of the planet is nearest the sun, it is day. When the face of the planet is away from the sun, it is night. |
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| Planetary revolution causes years to pass. It takes one year for the earth to revolve around the sun. |
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| what characteristics descride stars? |
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| name the galaxy where we live in |
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| Distance between the sun andneptune ? |
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| name the largest galaxy nearest to our milky way ? |
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