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Jupiter
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fifth planet from the sun and the largest
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Saturn
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sixth planet from the sun and the second biggest planet with complex ring system
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Uranus
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seventh planet from the sun appears blue-green due to methane in atmosphere
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Neptune
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eighth planet from the sun has storms similar to to Jupiter’s
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dwarf planet
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nearly-spherical object in orbit around the sun
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comet
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object in elliptical orbit around the sun
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asteroid
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rocky object formed from material similar to that planets orbiting the earth
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meteoroid
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sand-to-boulder sized rocky object orbiting the sun
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Sedna
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distant planetoid smaller that Pluto larger than comet
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extraterrestrial life
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life beyond earth object of the search by exobiologist
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