Solar System Flashcards
1
Q
Terrestrial planets
A
Asteroid belt (ceres)
Mercury, Venus, earth,mars
2
Q
Jovian planets
A
Jupiter, Saturn (gas giants)
Uranus, Neptune (ice giants)
Comets, Pluto,makemake (?)
Kuipter belt objects
Eris
3
Q
Oort Cloud
A
A predicted collection of icy objects farther away than everything else in the solar system. Explains comets
contains an estimate of 1 trillion icy objects
help us better understand the evolution of the solar system
4
Q
Sunspots
A
Areas on the suns Corona that are cooler in temperature
