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astronomy
Question | Answer |
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what are astroids? | Asteroids are pieces of a broken planet and are found in the Asteroid Belt which is between Mars and Jupiter |
what planets have no plate activity? | Mars and Mercury |
The order of the planets from the Sun is? | 1. Mercury, 2. Venus, 3. Earth, 4. Mars, 5. Jupiter, 6. Saturn, 7. Uranus, 8. Neptune. |
what are cornets? | Comets orbit the sun and are made up of frozen gases |
what are meteoroids? | Meteoroids are left over pieces of a comet’s tails floating in space |
when does the earth rotate? | once every 24 hours |
The Earth revolves around the sun once every? | 365 ¼ days or one year |
what is solstice? | Solstice is when the sun is at its most northern point (over Tropic of Cancer) or at its most southern point (over Tropic of Cancer) |