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Astrophysics Intro
Astrophysics Intro
OPTION D
NAME THE PLANETS IN ORDER
WHY IS PLUTO NO LONGER A PLANET?
ASTEROID BELT, KUIPER BELT, OORT CLOUD, PLACE IN
THE MILKY WAY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=libKVRa01L8
COMETS
• Irregular large rock-like pieces of frozen gases, rock and
dust that orbit the Sun
• Very elliptical orbits
• The sun vaporizes gases near the Sun forming the comet
tail pointing away from the Sun (ionized)
SATELLITES
• Our moon:
• 5th largest in Solar System
• Orbits at 340 000 km from Earth
ASTEROIDS
NEBULAE
GROUPS OF STARS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
udAL48P5NJU
GALAXIES
• Elliptical galaxies – ovoid or spherical – contain much less gas and dust than
spiral galaxies
• Thought to have been formed from collisions between spiral galaxies