Formation of the Solar System
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | space object built of solid paricles that can form planets through collisions and mergers
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| show | a planets apparent backward movement in the sky
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| show | an oval that is centered on two points called foci; the shape of planets orbits
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| show | the average distance between the sun and earth (93 million miles) 1.496x10^8
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| show | ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; defines the shape of a planets elliptical orbit
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| terrestrial planets | show 🗑
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| show | cliff on Mercury; similar to those on earth but much higher
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| show | large, gaseous planet that is very cold at is surface; has ring systems, many moons, lacks a solid surfaces- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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| show | fomr of hydrogen with both liquid and metallic properties that exists as a layer in the jovian atmosphere
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| show | and object that, due to its own gravity, is spherical in shape, orbits the sun, is not a satellite, and has not cleared the area of its orbit of smaller debris
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| show | small solar system bodies that are mostly rock and ice, lies outside the orbit of Neptune, 30 to 50 AU from the Sun, most probably formed in this region
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| show | small, eccentrically orbiting body made of rock and ice which have one or more tails that point away from the sun
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| show | occurs when earth intersects a cometary orbit and comet particles burn up as they enter Earth's upper atmosphere
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