Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Inner Planets
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
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Outer Planets
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto)
3
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Asteroid Belt
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Most of the asteroids are between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This separates the inner planets from the outer planets.
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Perturbations In the Orbit
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Perturbations in the orbit of an asteroid can cause it to become a meteor.
5
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Comet
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A comet is made up of a nucleus, a coma, and a tail
