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Solar system-Griffin-7G-Knipp
Solar system
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Astronomy
7th Grade
02/05/2013

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Sun is in the center of the solar system model
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Heliocentrism
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Earth is at center of the solar system model
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geocentrism
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1 Lived before copernicus
2 Went into house arrest because of his vies of the solar system
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Galileo
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Shared his view of the solar system on his death bed
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copernicus
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Nicknamed the red planet
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Mars
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the largest planet
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Jupiter
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has the hottest surface tempature because of a thick atmosphere
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Venus
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has red spot
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Jupiter
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70% of it is covered by water
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Earth
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Other than Earth only othere planet with ice caps
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Mars
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Least dense of the planets
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Saturn
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Has 13 moons
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Neptune
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the smallest planet
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Murcury
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Titan is one of its moons
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Saturn
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Simalar to Earth in size
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Venus
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Second largest planet
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Saturn
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Has the largest moon in the solar system
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Neptune
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Has 27 moons
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Uranus
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Has the largest volacno in the solar system
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Mars
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Has one moon
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Earth
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Farthest planet from the sun
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Neptune
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Closest planet to the sun
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Murcery
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Blue color due to methane gas
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1 Neptune

2 Uranus
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parts of comet or asteroid that float in space
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meteoriod
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a meteorite that burns up in the atmosphere
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meteor
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a meteoriod that hits the planet
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meteorite
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largest asteroid
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ceres
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planet like material in space
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asteroid
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dwarf planet with 1 moon
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pluto
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comes around every 76 years
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Halley's comet
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Cometparts
nucleus

dust tail
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comet
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Oort cloud
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cloud of comets past pluto's orbit
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which one of Jupiter's moons has active volcanos
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