Solar System Vocab. Flashcard

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A particle from an asteroid or comet that burns up in Earth's atmosphere.

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Meteor

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Celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated orbit

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Comet

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Rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun, similar to planet materials.

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Asteroid

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Celestial body orbiting the sun

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Planet

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Path an object takes revolving around another in space.

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orbit

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The Sun and its orbiting objects

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solar system

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Outer Planets: Mostly Gases

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Gas Giants

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Remains of meteoroids that strike a planet or moon

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Meteorite

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Natural rock/dust outside Earth's atmosphere

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Meteoroid

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In comparison to something else

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Relative