Planets Flashcards
what are the four terrestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
jovian planets
jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune
whats with the mercury
smallest planet, theres no moon, 88 earth days
whats with the venus
hottest planet, no moon, and venus and earth are called the sister planet
earth
one moon which called luna, the only planet that permits life
whats with mars
has 2 moons which are phobos and deimos
whats with jupiter
has the largest moon
has 4 moon:
1.ganymede
2.calysto “dead moon”
3.io volcanically active move
4.europa smallest
whats with saturn
has 145 moons
prominent object in solar system
whats with uranus
11 inner rings and 4 outer rings (William Shakespeare)
whats with neptune
methane
has 14 moons
the most distant planet from the sun
blue planet
what are the 3 formation of solar system
vortex theory
collision theory
nebular theory
explain vortex theory
whirlpool-like motion
the one who proposed the theory is Rene Descartes
explain collision theory
suns collision
collision with a giant comet
explain nebular theory
giant cloud of gas and dust then it spin rapidly
pancake shaped object