Astro 1

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Sun(star)
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75% hydrogen, 25% helium, less than 1% oxygen and several other elements
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The order of the planets from the sun?
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mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
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What are the five dwarf planets?
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Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake
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Definition of a dwarf Planet?
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Spherical, at least 500 miles across, smaller than mercury, don't have to have enough gravity to collect other objects and clear out their orbital area.
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How many moons?
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167 plus moons
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Which two planets have no moons?
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Mercury and Venus have no moons.
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What are asteroids made of?
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Mostly rock or metal, they formed closer to the Sun than the comets did.
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Where is the asteroid belt located?
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets.
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What are comets made of?
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Mostly ice and rock, they formed much farther from the sun than the asteroids did.
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Where are most comets located in the solar system?
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Comets are found in two main regions of the solar system: the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. There are two types of comets: short-period comets and long-period comets. Short-period comets - comets that frequently return to the inner solar system - probably come from the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune.
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The two different types of comets?
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short-period comets and long period comets
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What is the Oort Cloud?
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The Oort Cloud is an extended shell of icy objects that exist in the outermost reaches of the solar system.
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Where is the Kuiper Belt?
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Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.
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How does a star make its own light?
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Is made by nuclear fusion reaction in its core( for this to happen, a star must be born with at least 1/10 the mass of the sun, or about 100 times the mass of Jupiter. )
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A planet?
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Must be at least as large as Mercury.
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What's considered a moon?
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a moon is any natural object, big or small, that orbits a planet and has an accurately known orbit.