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| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Astronomical unit | Used to measure far distances in space 1 AU= Distance from earth. |
| Meteoroid | Chunks of rock smaller than asteroid |
| Meteor | Streak of light |
| Meteorite | Space rock found on earth |
| Asteroids | Millions of small rocky objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter. |
| Comets | Made of gas, dust, and ice, revolve around the sun in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. |
| Outer planets | .Gas giants .made of ice and gas . Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune . Rings and moons . Hydrogen and helium |
| Inner planets | . Terrestial planets . Solid and rocky .mercury. Venus, earth, mars |
| Mercury | Closest planet to the sun Not the hottest so small it lacks gravity and atmosphere. |
| Venus | Hottest planet Greenhouse effect Day is longer than a year rotation time is longer than its revolution Acid clouds |
| Earth | Only planet with known life Moderate temperatures Protective atmosphere Liquid water. |
| Mars | Largest known mountain Olympus Mons Possible signs of life. |
| Terrestrial planets | The four inner planets |
| Greenhouse effect | Occurs when a planets atmosphere trans solar energy and causes the temperature to increase. |
| Jupiter | Largest planet Galilean moons Great Red Spot |
| Saturn | Most complex ring system Least dense planet it would float Home of titan a moon |
| Uranus | Rotation axis tilted 90 degrees so it rotates like a bowling ball |
| Neptune | Long period of revolution Swirling storms windiest planet |
| Gas giants | Nickname for the four outer planets |
| Galilean | 4 moons Galileo discovered Around Jupiter It, Europa, Ganymede, callisto |
| Dwarf planet | Pluto was the first Same as planet but not larger than its neighbors Ceres in the asteroid belt |