6.11A CELESTIAL OBJECTS
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| show | Group of interacting or interdependent parts forming a complex whole; for example, all the factors or variables in an environment, or all the planetary bodies revolving around a star.
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| show | Sun together with the group of planets & other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitational attraction & revolve around it.
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| GRAVITY | show 🗑
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| show | Gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space.
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| show | Luminous celestial body around which Earth & other planets revolve & from which they receive heat & light.
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| show | Ball of gas in space that produces its own light & heat.
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| PLANET | show 🗑
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| INNER PLANET | show 🗑
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| ROCKY | show 🗑
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| show | Earth-like; "Terra-" = Earth
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| OUTER PLANET | show 🗑
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| show | Large & small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets.
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| ASTEROID BELT | show 🗑
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| show | Natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside of Earth’s atmosphere.
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| METEOR | show 🗑
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| METEORITES | show 🗑
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| show | Something that orbits around another object; for example, a moon orbiting a planet or a human-made object orbiting Earth.
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| MOON | show 🗑
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| show | Celestial body of ice, dust, & rock with an elongated & elliptical orbit.
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| show | Glowing, heated dust & vaporized gas that surrounds the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun; solar winds cause heated gases to stream out of the nucleus & form a tail that points away from the Sun.
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