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Astronomy Introduction
What is astronomy?
The study of _Stars___
- We are in the ___Milky Way____ galaxy
- Elliptical Galaxies are like an sphere_ or _football_
when seen from the side
-_H-R Diagrams_ are used to graph the different
types of stars.
- Planets have _____elliptical______orbits
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__Jupiter___ is the largest planet in the solar
system
___Sun____
_Mercury_
__Venus___
- Our sun is an ___average___ star
- Mercury’s temperature _-297F to 800F_
- Venus was named after_the goddess of love and
beauty__
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The four parts of the Earth’s Structure are:
o ___inner core___________________
__earth____
o ___outer core___________________
o ___mantle______________________
o ___crust_______________________
- We can only see __half______ of the moon from
_earth’s moon_
__Mars_____
Earth.
- The average temperature on Mars is _-81 F_
__Jupiter____
__Saturn____
Jupiter is mainly made out of _hydrogen_ and
__helium__
- One year on Saturn is __29 earth years__
Uranus’ atmosphere is mostly composed of
__Uranus___
__methane____
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One year on Neptune is __165 earth years__
_ Neptune__
One way to remember the order of the planets is:
Mercury
My
Venus
Very
Earth
Educated
Mars
Mother
Jupiter
Just
Saturn
Served
Uranus
Us
Neptune
Nachos
Acronym – a word formed
from the first letters of
a series of words.
(Webster’s Dictionary)
Pluto – (Sorry, No longer a planet)
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KECSD-2010