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Mercury

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Smallest Planet
Closest to sun
no moons
orbital period: 88 days
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Venus

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Greenhouse effect planet
no moons
probes: Venera (Russian)
Orbital Period: 225 days
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Earth

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Only planet not named after mythological figure
One moon, walked on by 12 astronauts from the Apollo program
Lunar probe (Surveyer)

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Mars

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Red planet
Moons: Phobos (largest) and Demos (fear and dread)
Rovers: Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity
Volcano: Olympus Mons (largest known volcano in the solar system)
Orbital period: 1.9 years

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Jupiter

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Largest Planet, larger than all others put together
Distinguishing feature: a great red spot (a huge storm bigger than Earth)
Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede (largest moon in the Solar System)
Jupiter has many other smaller moons
Probes: Voyager 1 & 2, Galileo
Orbital Period: 12 years

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Saturn

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The Ringed planet
Moons: Titan (moon with mysterious atmosphere) and many others
Probes: Voyager 1 &2, Cassini
Orbital Period 29 years
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Uranus

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#7
Moons: Titania, Oberson, Umbriel, Ariel, Miranda and others (Thirteen of Uranus' moons are named after Shakespearian characters)
Probe: Voyager 2
Discoverer: William Herschel, 1781
Orbital Period: 84 years
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Neptune

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The blue planet
Moons: Triton, Nereid and others
Distinguishing Feature: the great blue spot
Probe: Voyager 2
Discoverer Johann Galle, 1856
Orbital period: 165 years
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Pluto

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(Declassified from planet to dwarf planet in 2006)
Moons: Charon
Discoverer: Clyde Taumbaugh
Orbital period: 248 years

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Early 20th Century American Astonomer

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Edwin Hubble

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American Female Astronomer

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Maria Mitchell

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Danish Astronomer

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Tycho Brahe

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English Astronomer Royal

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Sir. Edmund Halley

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English Astronomer Family

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Herschel

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French Astronomer Family

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Cassini

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German Astronomer

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Johannes Kepler

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Greek Astronomer (2nd Century)

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Ptolemy

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Italian Astonomer

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Galileo (Galilei)

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Polish Astronomer

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Copernicus

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First Dog in Space

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Laika (Russian German Shepard)

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First Man in Space

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Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin’s Capsule

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Vostok

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First Woman in Space

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Valentina Tereshkova

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First Space Walk

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Alexei Leonov

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First American in Space (Suborbital)
Alan Shepard
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2nd American in Space (suborbital)
Gus Grissom
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Third American in Space (Three orbits)
John Glenn
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First American woman in space
Sally Ride
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First American to Walk in Space
Edward White
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First AMerican woman to walk in space
Shannon Lucid
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First man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
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2nd man to walk on the moon
Buzz Aldrin
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Apollo 13 Commander
James Lovell
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Oldest US Astronaut, Launched in 1998
John Glenn (77 Yrs Old)
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Man who played golf on the moon
Alan Shepard
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First Space Shuttle Crew
Young and Crippen
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First Female Space Shuttle Commander
Eileen Collins
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First Satellite, 1957
Sputnik
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First US Satellite
Explorer 1
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First Weather Satellite
Tiros
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First communications satellite
Echo 1
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USA First space station
Skylab
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Russian Space Station ("peace" | in Russian)
Mir
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Current Space Station
ISS (International Space Station)
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Sun's visible Surface
Photosphere
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Sun's "halo"
Corona
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Sun's "breeze"
Solar wind
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Solar Magnetic storms with 11-year cycles
Sun spots
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Earth's magnetic belt
Van Allen Belt
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Belt between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
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First Discovered and largest Known Asteroid
Ceres
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Closest Major Galaxy
Andromeda (can by seen by the naked eye)
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Galactic Cloud of Dust and Gas
Nebula
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Nebula named for sea creature
Crab Nebula
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"Equine" Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
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Nebula that can be seen with naked eye
Orion Nebula
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Measure of a star's brightness
Magnitude
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"Dog Star" brightest star in the sky
Sirius
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North Star or Pole Star
Polaris
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Closest Star
Alpha Centauri
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Exploding Star
Supernova
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Bright, distant mass of light and energy
Quasar
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Rotating Neutron Star
Pulsar
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Infinitely dense center of black hole
Singularity
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TWin stars rotating around common center
Binary System
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Stars known as "Seven Sisters"
Pleiades
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November Meteor Shower
Leonids
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August Meteor Shower
Percieds
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Theory of Expanding Universe
Big Bang Theory
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Moon Probe
Surveyor
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NASA Mars Twin Rovers 2005
Spirit and Opportunity
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Latest NASA mars rover, 2012
Curiosity
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Jupiter Probe
Galileo
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Grand Tour of Planet Probe
Voyager 1 and 2
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First man-made object to leave the solar system
Pioneer 10
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One-person us space program
Mercury
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Two-person US space program
Gemini
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Three-person US Space Program
Apollo
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Apollo 11 landing module
Eagle
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Where the eagle landed
Sea of Tranquility
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Apollo 12 landing site
Ocean of Storms
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First two astronauts on the moon
Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
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Last Man on the Moon
Eugene Cernan
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Rocket used to launch Apollo Missions
Saturn 5
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Rocket used to power the European space agency
ariane
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Reusable US Space Vehicle
Space Shuttle
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Space Shuttle Names
Enterprise (Atmospheric tests Only), Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavor
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1983 Book Chronicling the US space program
The Right Stuff
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Come that returns every 76 years
Halley's Comet
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Comet that struck Jupiter in 1995
Shoemaker-Levy 9
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Comet Visible for Several Months in 1996
Hale-Bopp
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Highly-touted comet that fizzled in 1973
Comet Kahoutek

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