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All Planets have moons. |
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| The inner planets tend to have.. |
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| the planets that have rings also tend to have |
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| in the leading theory of solar system formation, the planets.. |
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| formed from the same flattened, swirling gas cloud that formed the Sun |
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| the solar system is differentiated because.. |
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| only rocky and metallic particles could form close to the Sun |
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| found between Mars and Jupiter |
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| are almost circular, with low eccentricities |
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| which of the characteristics below describes the terrestrial planets? |
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| possessing weak magnetic fields |
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| the smallest sort of interplanetary matter is called |
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| the tail of a comet always point |
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| away from the Sun and becomes longest and brightest at perihelion |
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| the Grand Tour of all four jovians was conducted by |
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| as the solar nebula contracts due to gravitation, the cloud |
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| which of the following was the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope? |
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| which of the following terrestrial planets has oxygen in its atmosphere? |
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| on which of the following planets have scientists landed a space probe? |
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| according to the nebula theory, which of the following statement is true? |
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| the formation of planets is a natural by-product of star formation |
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| where in the solar system does the asteroid belt lie? |
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| between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
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| of the planets in the solar system, which one's orbit has the largest tilt with respect to the ecliptic plane? |
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| which of the major planets listed below has the highest mass? |
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| which of the following is the only spacecraft to have visited four planets in the solar system so far? |
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| how many major planets are there in the solar system? |
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| if Mercury is the first planet and Neptune the 8th, which planet is the sixth? |
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| which of the following is not a jovian planet? |
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| which of the following objects are composed of material mostly unchanged since the formation of the solar system? |
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| what is the composition of comets? |
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| what is the significance of the star Beta Pictoris with regard to solar system formation? |
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| it was discovered to have a disk similar to the solar nebula surrounding it |
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| which planet is approximately halfway between Pluto's orbit and the Sun? |
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| Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun |
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| the dwarf planet Eris was discovered in 2005, orbiting the Sun at an average distance about twice that of Pluto. In which of the following ways do Pluto and Eris differ from the terrestrial and jovian planets in our solar system? |
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Both Pluto and Eris are smaller than any of the terrestrial planets.
Both Pluto and Eris travel in more elliptical orbits than any of the terrestrial or jovian planets.
Both are less massive than any of the terrestrial or jovian planets |
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| Farthest to Closet planets |
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| Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Mercury |
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| Sun, Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Pluto |
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| Largest to Smallest in radius |
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| Sun, Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Pluto |
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| solid, rocky surface, small size, located within the inner solar system |
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| extensive ring systems, numerous orbiting moons, primarily composed of hydrogen, helium, and hydrogen compounds, low average density |
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| assuming that other planetary systems form in the same way as our solar system formed, where would you expect to find terrestrial planets? |
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| terrestrial planets will likely be located nearer the planetary system's star than any jovian planets |
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| compared to terrestrial planets, jovian planets are... |
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| more massive and lower in average density |
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