Introducing The Solar Syatem Vocabulary Flashcards

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Astronomical unit

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A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometer.

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Solar system

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The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it.

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Planet

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An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have became rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

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Dwarf planet

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An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.

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Asteroid

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One of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets

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Comet

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Loose collection of ice and dust that orbit the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.

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Planetesimals

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One of the small asteroid like bodies that formed the building blocks of the planets.

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