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| objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planetss |
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| the region of the solar system between the orbit of mars and Jupiter where many asteroid are found |
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| the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere |
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| a ball of ice and dust whose orbit is a long narrow ellipse |
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| the central part of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs |
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| the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere |
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| an elongated circle or oval shape the shape of the planets' orbit |
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| life that arises outside of earth |
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| the name given to the first four outer planets jupiter sateran |
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| a description of the solar system in which all of the planets revolve around earth |
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| the trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere |
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| a discription of the solar system in which all of the planets revolve around the sun |
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| the tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place |
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| a streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in earth's atmosphere |
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| a meteoroid that has hit earth's surface |
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| a chunk of rock or dust in space |
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| the process by hydrogen atoms join together to form helium releasing energy |
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| the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere |
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| a loop of gas that protrudes from the sun's surface linking parts of sunspot regions |
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| the spinning motion of a planet from east to west opposite to the direction of rotation of most planets and moons |
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| an explosion of hydrogen gas from the sun's surface that occurs when loop in the sunspot regions suddenly connect |
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| a stream of electricity charged particles produced by the sun's corona |
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| a dark area of gas on the sun that is cooler than surrounding gases |
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| the name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars |
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