Our Solar System

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Our Solar System

• Alabama Course of Study 10
• Describe components of our solar system.
• Defining comets, asteroids, and meteors.

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• The Solar System consists of the Sun and the
  other celestial objects that are gravitationally
  bound to it.

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• The major features of the Solar System are
  Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, the
  asteroid belt, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and
  its Moon, and Mars. A comet is also seen on the
  left.

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• Included in the Solar System is the Sun. The Sun
  is the Solar Systems parent star. It is
  classified as a moderately large yellow dwarf and
  is rather large and bright.

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• The four terrestrial inner planets include
  Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

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• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the
  smallest planet. Mercury has no natural
  satellites, and its only known geological
  features besides impact craters are
  wrinkle-ridges.

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• Venus is close in size to Earth and like Earth
  has a thick silicate mantle around an iron core.

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• Earth is the largest and densest of the inner
  planets. It is the only one to have current
  geological activity, and the only planet known to
  have life. It has one satellite, the Moon, the
  only large satellite of a terrestrial planet in
  the Solar System.

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• Mars is smaller than Earth and Venus. It
  possesses a tenuous atmosphere of mostly carbon
  dioxide.

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An asteroid belt occupies the orbit between Mars
and Jupiter. Asteroids are small Solar System
bodies composed mainly of rocky and metallic
non-volatile minerals.

• An asteroid belt occupies the orbit between Mars
  and Jupiter. Asteroids are mostly small Solar
  System bodies composed mainly or rocky and
  metallic non-volatile minerals.

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• The four gas giant outer planets include Jupiter,
  Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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• Jupiter has a mass that is 2 ½ times all the
  other planets put together. It is composed
  primarily of hydrogen and helium.

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• Saturn is famous for its extensive ring system.
  It is similar to Jupiter in its atmospheric
  makeup.

• Saturn is famous for its extensive ring system.
  It is similar to Jupiter in its atmospheric
  makeup.

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• Uranus is 14 times the size of Earth. It is the
  lightest of the outer planets. It orbits the Sun
  on its side.

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• Neptune, though slightly smaller than Uranus, is
  more massive and therefore denser. It radiates
  more internal heat, but not as much as Jupiter or
  Saturn.

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• Comets are small Solar system bodies, usually
  only a few kilometers across, composed largely of
  volatile ices. When a comet enters the inner
  Solar System, its proximity to the Sun causes its
  icy surface to sublimate and ionise, creating a
  coma a long tail of gas and dust often visible
  to the naked eye.

• Comets are small Solar system bodies, usually
  only a few kilometers across, composed largely of
  volatile ices. When a comet enters the inner
  Solar System, its proximity to the Sun causes its
  icy surface to sublimate and ionise, creating a
  coma a long tail of gas and dust often visible
  to the naked eye.

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• A meteor is the visible event that occurs when a
  meteoroid or asteroid enters the earth's
  atmosphere and becomes brightly visible.

A meteor is the visible event that occurs when a
meteoroid or asteroid enters the earth's
atmosphere and becomes brightly visible.
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• A meteorite is a portion of a meteoroid or
  asteroid that survives its passage through the
  atmosphere and impact with the ground without
  being destroyed.

A meteorite is a portion of a meteoroid or
asteroid that survives its passage through the
atmosphere and impact with the ground without
being destroyed.
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