Solar system vocabulary Flashcards
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Astronomical
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Equals the average distance between earth and the sun.
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Solar system
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Our solar system consist of the sun, the planets, their moons, and a variety of smaller objects.
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Planet
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A planet must be round, orbit the sun, and have cleared out the region of the solar system along its orbit
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Dwarf planet
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A dwarf is an object that orbits the sun and has enough gravity to be spherical
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Asteroids
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One of the rocking objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets
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Comets
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A loose collection of ice and dusts that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit
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Planetesimal
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One of the small astroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of planets
