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Solar System
Solar System
Solar System
The system made up of the sun and
its planets
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Solar System
planet
A large, round object that revolves
around a star and has cleared the region around its orbit
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comet
A frozen mass of rock, different types
of ice, and dust orbiting the sun
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meteoroid
A small piece of rock that is bouldersized or smaller
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star
A huge ball of very hot gas that gives
off energy
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orbit
The path an object takes as it revolves
around a star, planet, or moon
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inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
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A natural object that revolves
around a planet
moon
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outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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The imaginary line that a planets rotate around
axis
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Earth
the “third rock” from the sun
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sun
average-size star
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closest planet to the sun
Mercury
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Neptune
farthest planet from the sun
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rotation
causes day and night
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meteorite
a shooting star that hits the ground
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winter
shortest day of the year starts this
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summer
longest day of the year starts this
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counterclockwise
Earth and its moon revolve
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revolution
an orbit around another object
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