vocab Flashcards
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jupiter
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the fifth planet from the sun
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saturn
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the sixth planet from the sun
3
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uranus
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the seventh planet from the sun
4
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neptune
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the eighth planet from the sun
5
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dwarf planet
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nearly round objects in orbit around the sun that are not satellites and that have not cleared the debris in their orbits
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comet
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composed of dust and rock particles,frozen water, methane, and ammonia.
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asteroid
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rocky objects formed from material similar to the material in planets composition
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meteoroid
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sand- to boulder-sized objects in the solar system
9
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sedna
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labeled a distant planetoid
10
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extraterrestrial life
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life beyond earth
