SOLAR SYSTEM AND PLANETS
SOLAR
SYSTEM
Inner Planets Mercurius, Venus, Earth and Mars (have a few satellites)
Planets Outter Saturnus, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptunes (have many satellites)
Dwarf Planet Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake,Eris
Sun Produces energy, nuclear fusion.
Largest star in our solar system
A space rock that’s bigger than just grain but smaller than asteroids. If its strikes
Meteroids
the earth it’s called meteroites
Meteors Meteroits Large chunk of material reaches the earth without burning
Meteors Tiny grains of materials which hit the atmosphere burn up
Asteroids Rocky metalic object very small in in size.
Diameter up to 1000km. Highly elliptical path.
Comets Icy bodies exist in huge clouds Example : Halley’s comet appear
after 76 years last appear 1986