Chapter38 Flashcards
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Solar eclipse
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When the sun, earth, and moon light up.
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Lunar eclipse
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When there is a full moon and the sun, moon, earth line up.
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Inner planets
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Mercury Venus earth mars
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Outer planets
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Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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Kuiper belt
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Ing of icy bodies called plutiods
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Oort belt
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Giant shell with small icy bodies
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Astronomical unit
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Instead of using miles astronauts use this
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Nebular theory
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Grand theory of how the solar system is formed
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Hypothesis that explains the theory of the moon
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Giant impact theory