Planets Flashcards

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what are the four terrestrial planets

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

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jovian planets

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jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune

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3
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whats with the mercury

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smallest planet, theres no moon, 88 earth days

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whats with the venus

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hottest planet, no moon, and venus and earth are called the sister planet

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earth

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one moon which called luna, the only planet that permits life

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6
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whats with mars

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has 2 moons which are phobos and deimos

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whats with jupiter

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has the largest moon
has 4 moon:
1.ganymede
2.calysto “dead moon”
3.io volcanically active move
4.europa smallest

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whats with saturn

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has 145 moons
prominent object in solar system

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whats with uranus

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11 inner rings and 4 outer rings (William Shakespeare)

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whats with neptune

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methane
has 14 moons
the most distant planet from the sun
blue planet

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what are the 3 formation of solar system

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vortex theory
collision theory
nebular theory

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explain vortex theory

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whirlpool-like motion
the one who proposed the theory is Rene Descartes

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explain collision theory

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suns collision
collision with a giant comet

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14
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explain nebular theory

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giant cloud of gas and dust then it spin rapidly
pancake shaped object

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