Chapter 30.3 Flashcards
(9 cards)
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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. second largest and has the lowest density of any planet.
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Uranus
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The seventh planet from the sun.
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Neptune
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The eight planet from the sun. Around the same size of Uranus.
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dwarf planet
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a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
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comet
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a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
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asteroid
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rocky objects formed from material to the materials in other planets.
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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 planet-oid. diameter of 1200-1700km.
