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solar system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mass | Quantity of matter. |
| Weight | A mearsurement that indicates how heavy an object is. |
| Solar System | the sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it. |
| Nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| Solar Nebula | The rotating flattened cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and the rest of the bodies in the solar system formed. |
| Planetismal | any of numerous small celestial bodies that may have existed at an early stage of the development of the solar system. |
| Crust | the outer part of a planet, moon, or asteroid composed essentially of crystalline rocks. |
| Mantle | the part of the interior of a terrestrial planet and especially the earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core. |
| Core | The central/inner part of the earth. |