Solar System

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Astronomical

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relating to astronomy.

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Solar system

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the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

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Planet

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a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.

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Dwarfs planet

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a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.

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Asteroids

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a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles (

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Commets

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a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.

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Planetesimal

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a minute planet; a body that could or did come together with many others under gravitation to form a planet.