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    The document defines key terms related to objects in our solar system, including asteroids, comets, astronomical units, terrestrial planets, Galilean moons, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites. It explains that asteroids are small rocky objects that orbit the sun, comets are made of ice and dust with elongated orbits, and an astronomical unit is the average Earth-Sun distance. Terrestrial planets are rocky bodies like Earth with solid surfaces, and the Galilean moons are Jupiter's four largest natural satellites.

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    The document defines key terms related to objects in our solar system, including asteroids, comets, astronomical units, terrestrial planets, Galilean moons, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites. It explains that asteroids are small rocky objects that orbit the sun, comets are made of ice and dust with elongated orbits, and an astronomical unit is the average Earth-Sun distance. Terrestrial planets are rocky bodies like Earth with solid surfaces, and the Galilean moons are Jupiter's four largest natural satellites.

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    THE SOLAR SYSTEM

    VOCAB #13
    ASTEROID

    Millions of small, rocky objects orbit the Sun


    COMET

    It is made out of gas, dust, and ice and moves around the sun
    in an oval-shaped orbit.
    ASTRONOMICAL UNIT

    It is the average distance from Earth to the Sun about 150


    million KM (93 million miles)
    PERIOD OF REVOLUTION/PERIOD OF
    ROTATION
    The time it takes to travel once around the sun/ The time it
    takes an object to turn around itself
    TERRESTRIAL PLANET

    Inner planets that are made of rock and metallic materials


    and have a solid outer layer
    GREENHOUSE EFFECT

    This occurs when a planets atmosphere traps solar energy


    and cause the surface temperature to increase
    GALILEAN MOONS

    The four largest moons of Jupiter Io, Europa, Ganymede,


    and Callisto
    METEOROID

    It is a small, rocky particle that moves through space.


    METEOR

    Is a streak of light in Earths Atmosphere made by a glowing


    meteoroid.
    METEORITE

    It is a meteoroid that strikes a planet or a moon

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