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| Description | term |
|---|---|
| Name mars two moons. | Phobos and Deimos |
| Name the Galilean satellites. | Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa |
| Name Saturn's largest moon. | Titan (the only moon with a thick atmosphere) |
| Name the largest moon in the solar system. | Ganymede |
| Name Neptune's largest moon. | Triton |
| Name the first asteroid. | Ceres |
| Name the difference in a long period comet and a short one. | Long (more than 200 years) short (less than 200 years) |
| Name the four shapes of galaxies. | Spiral lenticular elliptical and irregular |
| Name the three largest galaxies in the local cluster from largest to smallest. | Andromeda Milky way and Triangulum |
| Name the constellation containing the big dipper. | Ursa Major |
| Name the planet containing the great red spot, | Jupiter |
| Name the three brightest stars of Orion | Betelgeuse Rigel and Bellatrix |
| Name the main factors affecting stars color and brightness | Heat determine color red being coolest and blue being hottest. Size and heat affect its brightness. |
| Name the four groups of asteroids | Trojan asteroids near-earth asteroids asteroid belt and kuiper belt |
| Name which planets the asteroid belt is located between | Mars and Jupiter |
| Name what objects the solar system includes | The sun and all natural objects revolving around it (asteroids moons planets dwarf planets meteoroids and comets) |
| Name the largest mountain in the solar system and its planet | Olympus Mons of Mars |
| Name what kind of star the sun is | A main sequence star |
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