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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nebular theory | solar system began as a huge cloud of dust and gas called a nebula |
| solar system | includes the sun, its planets and other objects that revolved around the sun |
| protosun | new sun |
| protoplanets | new planets |
| orbit | path an object takes when moving around another object in space |
| period of revolution | time it takes a plaent to revolve around the sun |
| period of rotation | time it takes a planet to make one rotation on its axis |