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Moons
physical science moons chapter
Term | Definition |
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planet | any of the nine primary bodies that orbit the sun; a similar body that orbits another star. |
Dwarf Planet | is defined as an object that is orbiting the Sun, is nearly spherical, but has not cleared matter from its orbital zone and is not a satellite. |
Small Solar System Bodies | All objects in the solar system that are not planets, dwarf planets, or moons. |
(AU) | a measurement for distances based on the distance from earth to the sun |
Terrestrial Planets | The name given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars |
Giant Planets | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune |
Asteroids | small, rocky bodies orbiting the Sun and lying mainly in a narrow belt between Mars and Jupiter. |
Meteoroids | remnants of comets and asteroids in space |
Meteor | A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere |
Meteorite | stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface |
Kepler's First Law | states that each planet moves in an orbit that has the shape of an ellipse, with the Sun located at one focus |
Kepler's Second Law | states that an imaginary line between the Sun and a planet moves over equal areas of the ellipse during equal time intervals. |
Kepler's Third Law | states that the square of the period of a planet's orbit is proportional to the cube of that planet's semi major axis. |
solar system | the sun and all the planets and other bodies that travel around it. |
satellite | a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet. |