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Solar System Flashcards

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Astronomical unit

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A unit of distance equal to the average distance between earth and the sun about 150 million kilometers.

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Solar system

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The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

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Planet

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an object that orbits a star is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity and has cleared the area of its orbits.

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Dwarf planet

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An object that orbits the sun and is spherical but has not cleared the area of its orbit

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Asteroids

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One of the rocky revolving object revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered planets

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Comet

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A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun typically in a long narrow oribit

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Planetesimal

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One of the small asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of the planets.

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