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- Made of the sun and the other eight planets ( Pluto Planetoid )
- Chunks of rock and metal orbit planets asteroids, frozen gase called cometes
- Sun center of the solar system planets revolve around it. Largest memeber of the solar sytem
- Solar system part of the milky way galaxy
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| Diffrence between Stars and planets |
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Planets do not give off light of its own, it refelcts light from the sun
Stars produce light and give of heat |
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- Orbit means any body follows when revolving around another body
- The moon travels around the earth in orbit and the other planets orbit the sun
- The route of an orbit can be elongated or nearly circular |
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- Corona outer part of the suns atmosphere
- Chromosphere made up of very hot gasees wich shoot up into the corona at high speeds
- Middle : Heat is sent through the middle and the outer layers from the core
Core : Tempature 31,350,000 celcius
- Sun spots, Flares, Prominence |
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| How does the sun produce energy? |
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| Deep in the core there are atoms of hydrogen under pressure and are turning into atoms of helium. Which are sent into space creates heat and light |
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- Earths satelite
- Earth is four times bigger then the moon
- Moon is not a friendly place
- We cannot breath on the moon
- No atmosphere
- Weak gravitatonal pull
-No water made up of hills mountains craters
- No weather
- 250 ferenhite to - 260 ferenhite
- Takes 29 days to rotate the earth |
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- Third planet from the sun
- Ball of rock and metal
-The distance from the sun is perfrect
- Orbit is nearly a circle
- Same distance from the sun
- Earth tilts and spins on its axis
- Atmosphetre acts like a shield
- Atmosphers: Nitrogen, Oxygen
- Gravity |
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- Rocky and Red
- Fourth from the sun
- Half the size of earth
- One year: 687 days
- Two moons
- Near asteroid belt
- Has seasons
- Tempature: - 103 farenheit to 86 farenheit |
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- Fifth planet from the sun
- First outer planet
- largest in our solar system
- Big and bright
- Great red spot
- Made of gases |
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-Sixth planet from the sun
- Rings
- Ice covered and rocky
- 29 1/2 yeard to circle the sun
-Second largest planet
- Made of gases
- Has 17 moons
- Titan is the largest moon |
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- New moon cannot see the moon
- Waning crescent: can see a sliver of the moon
- First quarter: You can see half of the moon
- Gibbous: Almost full moon
- Full: Can see the entire moon |
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